[mac4theblind] Re: Ibooks and accessibility, or, lack thereof

  • From: Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mack for the blind list blind list <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 13:20:15 -0700

I did contact apple accessibility. Looks like it is when I have the time design 
a usability project memo for ibooks, again.  HOpefully this one will get their 
attention.

Take care.
On May 22, 2014, at 12:48 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Yes, there are a few that don't have labels.  If you can get sighted help, 
> you can label them yourself.  I am trying to get someone to help me, and when 
> I do, I'll post the info here for others to know.
> 
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> On May 22, 2014, at 2:34 PM, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hi John,
>> 
>> I see 4 unlabeled buttons on the iBooks screen. None of them has any info 
>> revealed by vo shift h. All say, no help tag, or something close to that. So 
>> I’m wondering about which buttons you found help info for. Also, I have a 
>> large collection of iBooks, since I bought quite a number of them before 
>> Kindle app became accessible. With the list option, it would appear you get 
>> the books in alphyabetical order, all mixed up, of course, because the 
>> collections setting has not been selected. So, I know there is a search 
>> function that I presume you might use to find the title in that long list. I 
>> have tried first letter navigation when interacting with the list of books, 
>> and that didn’t do any good. I’m looking for a way to find a book if I don’t 
>> remember the title and thus don’t want to use the search feature. Seems like 
>> there isn’t one; am I missing something?
>> 
>> Mary
>> Mary Otten
>> motten53@xxxxxxxxx
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