Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-09 Thread Steve Holmes
No, I am indeed double tapping the screen area to open the menu. VO does say "menu" but any flicks at that point just ding. I can slide my finger around and find the choices but I can never flick to them in this situation. Some claim they can get this to work when the brightness is turned all the w

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-08 Thread Esther
Hi Steve, Maybe I'm not reading your comments correctly, but in order to flick between menu items from the Kindle app when I have continuous reading on for a book, I have to first double tap with one finger in the center of the page, then hear VoiceOver say "Menu On". At that point I can flick

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-08 Thread Steve Holmes
Hi after reading some 80 messages in this thread, I thought I would put up some observations I have found so far with the Kindle app and my iPad Mini. First off, I could get continuous read to work only in landscape mode. When in portrait, it would read a page or two and then stop every time. Flick

Re: Screen Curtain (was Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover()

2013-05-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, yes. I have a little bit of usable vision so, I turned my screen brightness up to 100%. Next, I went to settings/general/accessibility and inverted the colors and turned on the screen curtain. When you do this, you can see light from the display clearly. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@ap

Re: Screen Curtain (was Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover()

2013-05-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I wondered about that. If what you're saying is right, it's a real shame. I thought the screen curtain might just kill all light to the screen, thereby conserving battery. Have you actually tested this, have you? What did you do and what were the results? It's very interesting. On 06/05/2013,

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, Sorry, I forgot to write the main part of my message. lol. In my opinion, screen curtain is not as good at conserving battery life as actually reducing screen brightness. In my rudimentary testing, turning the screen curtain on just basically turns the pixels opaque, not dim the backli

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Wow. That's dedicated. Must be time consuming. Do you report your findings on AppleVis? Sorry, I'll withdraw that last comment as it's off topic. On 06/05/2013, at 11:51 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Haha, I just stumbled upon it to be honest. When I get a new app, especially one that has just b

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Haha, I just stumbled upon it to be honest. When I get a new app, especially one that has just been made accessible with Voiceover, I like to go through every single setting and testing the effect they have on accessibility and usability if any at all. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.in

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Why don't you just turn the screen curtain on instead of lowering brightness? Or do you still need the screen to look at? P.S. That blows my mind a little, Ricardo, that you discovered that connection. The last thing I'd think to experiment with in trying to solve a problem like that would be s

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Mary, It looks like you need to go to the Amazon/kindle site and jump down the rabbit hole. lol. I'm not sure what I clicked on but, I finally found a contact us link. I wish I had payed more attention but, I honestly had no clue what I was doing or, what I was really looking for. Ricard

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
haha, No problem. I guess we will need to turn down system brightness in settings. This is much easier on an iPad since brightness can be controlled from the app switcher though. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 5, 2013, at 3:29

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Lisette
Yes this fixed it. That will teach me not to turn my brightness down. Thanks very much for solving this Ricardo. Lisette Sent from my iPhone On 5/05/2013, at 11:03 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hello, > > I have been able to duplicate the issue of not being able to flick left or > right to d

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Mary Otten
Ricardo, I think you have indeed found the problem. Can't lower brightness. I had done that on my iPad right before having the problem of not being able to flick to items on the menu. And I have not done it on the 4S, where the same book's menu does not exhibit this problem. So, now I wonder whe

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Jane
Kindle version, >> I would be very interested in your observations. >> >> Thanks. >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling >> Sent: Saturday, May 04,

RE: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Jamie Pauls
aries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ROBERT CARTER Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 7:26 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. Hi Jamie, I have had a similar experience to yours. Mine is with the New York Times. What appears in the New York Time

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread ROBERT CARTER
ld be very interested in your observations. > > Thanks. > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 4:51 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, I have been able to duplicate the issue of not being able to flick left or right to different elements on the menu screen. I am pretty certain this is caused when you go into view options in the menu, and lower brightness. Even lowering brightness to 90% in the app will cause this. I

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
the same thing happens to me, but only about once a book. I don't get the menu popping up either. Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: &fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl skype: bubbygirl1972 bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 05/05/2013, at 1:09 PM, Ricard

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Esther
Hi Lisette and Mary, On the iPad, it may be the issue that the first generation model Mary is using just doesn't have as much active memory to use for continuous reading. I don't think that's an issue with the later model iPads. I agree with Anne's assessment that some eBook versions simply don'

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello Mary, on my iPad mini, sometimes reading will just stop at the end of a page for no reason I can figure. on average, I would say this might happen every 30 pages or so? The menu doesn't pop up though, I'm just sitting there on the page. When this occurs, I do a 3 finger swipe from rig

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Sorry. I'm not having this problem on my iPhone 5. Form the menu, I am able to left/right flick through the buttons. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 4, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Lisette Wesseling wrote: > Hi all, > Is anybod

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Danny Noonan
Or on a 4s or a 4 Danny Sent from my iPhone On 05/05/2013, at 7:50 AM, Lisette Wesseling wrote: > Hi all, > Is anybody else with an iPhone 5 not able to flick left and right in the > reader menu? I don't mean the home screen, but the menu from within a book. I > can touch elements on the

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Mary Otten
Well, since I don't have an iPhone 5, I can't say about the flicking issue. Hopefully somebody with a 5 will come along and put in their 2 cent's. I wonder if anybody else with an iPad has encountered the issue where continuous read does not work Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Mary,I've tried it with two titles and so far they both exhibit this problem. But I can still totally use the app so it's more of a minor annoyance than anything else. I would never have believed the Kindle app would ever be accessible. Where am I going to find the time to read all I now have

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Lisette, I wonder if this not being able to flick thing is something random. I have encountered this problem with a book on my iPad. That same book, on my 4S, does not exhibit the problem. Also, on the iPad, when I do a continuous read in that book and the page changes, instead of continuing

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread cait furness
the Kindle version, > I would be very interested in your observations. > > Thanks. > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 4:51 PM > To: macvis

RE: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Jamie Pauls
ersion, I would be very interested in your observations. Thanks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 4:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle no

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi all, Is anybody else with an iPhone 5 not able to flick left and right in the reader menu? I don't mean the home screen, but the menu from within a book. I can touch elements on the screen and activate them, but I have to find them rather than flicking to them. On the iPad the reader menu wor

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Why? I can't see why that would matter much. But, I would assume the kindle pages probably hold more text since there are no controls or elements visible on the screen unlike iBooks. But, I'm no where near certain of this. Its just a guess. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.in

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Donna Goodin
I do that as well, Danny. Makes reading really nice, especially on an iPad. Cheers, Donna On May 4, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Danny Noonan wrote: > I don't mind the page turn noise but do set the smallest font size to > maximise the amount of text on each page though. > > Danny > > Sent from my iPho

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Jane
One thing I have been trying to figure out is if the Kindle pages are any bigger than the iBooks pages. Jane On May 4, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Danny Noonan wrote: > I don't mind the page turn noise but do set the smallest font size to > maximise the amount of text on each page though. > > Dann

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Danny Noonan
I don't mind the page turn noise but do set the smallest font size to maximise the amount of text on each page though. Danny Sent from my iPhone On 05/05/2013, at 1:05 AM, Maria & Joe Chapman wrote: > I don't mind the page turning sound either. It kind of let's me know we're > on a new pag

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-04 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
I don't mind the page turning sound either. It kind of let's me know we're on a new page. Kind of reminds me of those read along books I used to listen to when i was a kid. Couldn't see the print but the chime let me know when to turn the page lol Maria Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com "The

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-03 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Anne, that's funny, I love that page turning sound. I guess I still conceptualize books, at least in part, by pages. :) Cheers, Donna On May 3, 2013, at 1:01 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > iBooks is even worse if you live in a non-English speaking country, so I'm > delighted to have Kindle ac

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mike, Oh, silly me! I hadn't thought of that. Cheers, Anne On 3 May 2013, at 10:59, Mike Busboom wrote: > Hello Anne, > > Though this may not be the best solution, couldn't you just hit the mute > switch on your iPhone to get rid of the page-turning sound? I do this with > Blio and

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-03 Thread Mike Busboom
Hello Anne, Though this may not be the best solution, couldn't you just hit the mute switch on your iPhone to get rid of the page-turning sound? I do this with Blio and iBooks, and it works quite well. Best, Mike On 3,May,2013, at 8:01 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > iBooks is even worse if

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, if you don't like the page turning sound, why not flip the mute switch on your phone? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 3, 2013, at 2:01 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > iBooks is even worse if you live in a non-English speaking co

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Anne Robertson
iBooks is even worse if you live in a non-English speaking country, so I'm delighted to have Kindle accessible to me now. I just wish Kindle didn't make that page-turning sound, just like iBooks. Kobo reads a whole chapter at a time without those irritating noises and pauses. Cheers, Anne On

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Mary Otten
Don't get a kindle stand alone. Just use the ios app. Navigation is better with the ios app than with any other means of reading Kindle books, short of stripping drm and reading in iBooks. No Kindle device has accessibility equal to the i-device app. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You recei

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Mary Otten
I know this is anecdotal evidence, but I can say that I can't remember ever finding a title on iBooks that was not also on Kindle. Not true for the other way around, and that continues to be so through today. So I think iBooks is definitely not catching up. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Georges Zaynoun
2013 12:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . Christine On May 1, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Ricardo Walker <mailto:rwalker...@gm

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hi folks, I am totally blind and wonder which of the standalone Kindle readers should I purchase to get it with speech. Sorry for this off-topic question which I forgot to include in my other message about Braille sluggishness, regards. -- Georges Zeinoun Timmerv. 6A, SE54163 SKÖVDE Tel: +46

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Chris Blouch
---Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. And there was much amazement . . . and rej

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
r should I not bother looking for it? >>>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Scott Rumery >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>>> you

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Jessica Moss
ooking for it? >>>>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Scott Rumery >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>>

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Jessica Moss
ooking for it? >>>>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Scott Rumery >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>>

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
mery >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>>> you make a purchase that title should show up on your iPhone. >&

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
, Scott Rumery >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>>> you make a purchase that title should show up on your iPh

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Jessica Moss
: >>>>>> >>>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>> you make a purchase that title should show up on your iPhone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:1

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Donna Goodin
t;> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>>> you make a purchase that title should show up on your iPhone. >>>>>>>> >>>>

Re: [Bulk] Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Christine Grassman
Indeed. I wish I could use my downloaded Voice Dream voice for everything. I really like it. Christine >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to m

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Christine Grassman
;>>>>>> accessible, or should I not bother looking for it? >>>>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Scott Rumery >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazo

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Mary Otten
I have dozens of Kindle books which I bought only because I could not find them in other accessible form, such as iBooks. I think the article that seemed to indicate the size of the iBooks and Kindle collections are similar is mistaken. I'm just glad to not have to strip drm any more in order to

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
>>>>> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>>> you make a purchase that title should show up on your iPhone. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:12 PM, "Jed Barton"

Re: [Bulk] Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Tammy
they are, I’m reading one now, and loving the accessibility although I wouldn’t mind a better voice. Tammy From: Devin Prater Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:53 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: [Bulk] Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. This is interesting. At

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Christine Grassman
;> No, you will have to go to the Amazon website to find books, but once >>>>>>>> you make a purchase that title should show up on your iPhone. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:12 PM, "Jed Barton" wrote: &g

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Chris Blouch
27;t find an option to do that. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
show up on your iPhone. >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 1, 2013, at 12:12 PM, "Jed Barton" wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Wow guys, this is cool. >>>>>>> Question, can you actually search for books and stuff? I co

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Devin Prater
>>>>>> >>>>>>> Wow guys, this is cool. >>>>>>> Question, can you actually search for books and stuff? I couldn't find >>>>>>> an >>>>>>> option to do that. >>>>>>&g

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-02 Thread Jessica Moss
ually search for books and stuff? I couldn't find >>>>>> an >>>>>> option to do that. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Original Message- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>&

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
; option to do that. >>>>> >>>>> -Original Message- >>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 01

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Christine Grassman
n you actually search for books and stuff? I couldn't find an >>>> option to do that. >>>> >>>> -Original Message- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chri

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
tion, can you actually search for books and stuff? I couldn't find an >>>>> option to do that. >>>>> >>>>> -Original Message- >>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Beha

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Christine Grassman
acvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. >>>> >>>> And there was

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Timothy Emmons
Nope, no joke, I thought the same thing too until I tried it and actually read a chapter and a half of a book I've been looking at on the other Kindle keyboard with just speech, with my bluetooth braille display connected to my iPhone. Talk about nice, and I hear that all the rest of the books a

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Christina C.
Can one purchase and manage their kindle books from the amazon app then switch over to the kindle app to download the book and read it? OMG! I am shocked, amazed, and excited all at once. I can barely sit still in my seat. I thought this was a mean joke at first. Sent from Christina's iMac :

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Grassman >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. >>> >>> And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . >>> Christine >>>

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Rahul Bajaj
. >>>> Question, can you actually search for books and stuff? I couldn't find >>>> an >>>> option to do that. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisi

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Chris H
acvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . Christine On May 1, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Ric

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Yolanda
googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . Christine On May 1, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Ricardo Walker w

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Christine Grassman
't find an >>>> option to do that. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >>>> Sent: Wedne

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Scott Rumery
I have recent as my sorting order and they still show up. She does not need these titles any more but I can't delete them because when I view my library on Amazon the delete link is in an image, at least this is what Voice Over is telling me. I have talked to Amazon and I was told that the Delet

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Mary Otten
Scott, Does your daughter still need access to those kindle titles? If not, then I believe you can sign in to your amazon account, go to manage my Kindle, or something like that, and in there, you can actually delete the books, which means, should you need them again, you'd have to repurchase th

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
t;> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Kind

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
;> option to do that. >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googleg

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Mary Otten
3-finger flick does enable switching pages n ibooks. Or you can use page chooser, as you noted. The advantage to the Kindle app is that there are more books to select from, and prices are usually, but not always, cheaper. I like ibooks because they let you organize your titles in categories. I d

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Mary Otten
Amazon's mobile app for ios is accessible. You'll do lots of clicking through various screens to see reviews etc, though. So unless you really have problems with the regular site, I'd just stick with it. Others disagree, though. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Jane
glegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. >>> >>> And th

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Chris Blouch
assman Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . Christine On May 1, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Haha. Hi, I'm trying it out ri

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Rahul Bajaj
ries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. >> >> And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . >>

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Christine Grassman
t; From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman >> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. >> >>

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread ppowells09
acvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. > > And there was much amazement . . . a

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Scott Rumery
27;t find an > option to do that. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Scott Rumery
I have been trying to use this as I have been waiting a long time to be able read Kindle books but I am having one very annoying problem. I used my Amazon account when we got our daughter a Kindle a couple of years ago and now all of her titles show up in my Kindle app. I have gone through the p

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Jane
--Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:04 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. > &g

RE: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Jed Barton
04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover. And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . Christine On May 1, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Haha. Hi, > > I'm trying it out right now. I don't think

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Christine Grassman
And there was much amazement . . . and rejoicing . . . Christine On May 1, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Haha. Hi, > > I'm trying it out right now. I don't think you will be disappointed with the > accessibility. I'm able to read by line/ word/ character, and continuous > read

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Haha. Hi, I'm trying it out right now. I don't think you will be disappointed with the accessibility. I'm able to read by line/ word/ character, and continuous reading with a 2 finger flick down seems to work just fine. Actually, when you first open the book, it tells you the voiceover gestu

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Jane
It's true, trust me. Jane On May 1, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > It's a good thing it is May 1 and not April 1, or I would think this was a > joke. Is this really true, or am I dreaming? Has anyone tried it out yet -- > determined whether the navigation is as spectacular

Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Christine Grassman
It's a good thing it is May 1 and not April 1, or I would think this was a joke. Is this really true, or am I dreaming? Has anyone tried it out yet -- determined whether the navigation is as spectacular as iBooks and the Nook app? Christine On May 1, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >

Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.

2013-05-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi list, In case you didn't hear yet, Kindle for IOS is now accessible with Voiceover. You can read more about it here. http://www.cultofmac.com/225836/kindle-for-ios-will-now-turn-your-favorite-books-into-audiobooks/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter hth Ricardo Walke