Grant, this is not just a JAWS issue. I also have this problem with iTunes 11 and NVDA. I've been meaning to write to Apple about it, but I been getting sidetracked by other things.
Thanks, Ari On Apr 6, 2013, at 8:16 PM, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Jerry, you can still sync audiobooks to your iPhone using iTunes > 11. What you can't do, in Windows at least, is selectively sync them. > It's all or nothing. That's very unfortunate, and to be honest I can't > remember just now whether this is a JAWS issue or an iTunes one. I'll > follow up on this shortly. > > What I do is select a group of MP3 files in my iTunes Library which > are audiobooks or radio programs etc., bring up the context menu, and > then choose "Get info." This opens a dialog box where you can view and > edit information pertaining to the content. On the "Info" tab, I fill > in the information as though this is an album of music. For example, I > put the author into the 'Artist' box, the title of the book into the > 'Album' box, and so forth. If you really want to be organized you can > even go back and edit each individual file with track numbers so that > iTunes knows what order the tracks should play in. Then on the > "Options" tab the media kind should be set to 'Audiobook' and you may > wish to enable the option to remember your position. Note that this > dialog is occasionally a bit buggy and sometimes the options don't > stick the first time. What can I say, it's a bit quirky. The results > are well worth it in the end, though. > > The other thing you could do is download a file management app such as > Filer or even Dropbox and play the files that way. There are many > advantages though to doing it as I described above using iTunes. For > example, you can tell Siri to play a specific book, and you can use > apps that will allow you to wake up to audiobook content if you wish > to do so. > > Grant > > On 4/6/13, Jerry White <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was wondering if anyone has tried any other methods for transferring >> audio >> books to their iPhone since iTunes 11 made this impossible? I know there >> were some programs that would let the iPhone act like a USB drive, but >> can't >> figure out how to use this to move audio books over and then play them in >> the Music app as an audio book. >> >> >> >> I am using the old stand-by of adding the mp3's as a playlist and syncing >> to >> the phone. This is a hassle, though, so any help would be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> >> >> I have an iPhone 4s and also use chapter and verse to create .m4b files. >> the files show up in iTunes under the books tab, but can't use iTunes 11 to >> tell it which ones I want to sync to the phone. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for your help! >> >> Jerry >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
