[macvoiceover] Re: The BookShare Library and .xml files
- From: Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 07:17:45 +1300
Chrome has the same problem as Safari, 'Content is Empty'
Are you referring to the nightly builds of Firefox or Webkit /
Webkit being Safari it also fails.
In reading around there were comments that Firefox was good for xml, and I
ignored this knowing it is not VO accessible, but then considered saving the
page in a different format, as the Menus are VO accessible.
Fortunately it worked.
It is not as easy to navigate as it is in the DAISY system but DAISY is not
accessible to Mac users.
TF
On 2/10/2012, at 2:41 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Did you try the same thing with Chrome, or was there something special about
Firefox? I've tried the nightly Firefox build with accesssibility, and it's
close but not quite there yet.
Is there something about the bookshare xml files that means they can't be
opened by a word processor? I don't have an xml file to save, but my
understanding is it's a format that should be able to be opened across
programs. Again, I assume bookshare has it set up in a particular way and this
causes an issue.
Peace,
Ian
On 2012-09-30, at 7:59 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, I've done it !
> After much running around to be able to read the BookShare xml file as it
> should be read, I have worked it out, and I feel really good about it too !
> What I have done…..if you remember, I used to be able to simply open the xml
> file of the book into Safari and read it, then something failed and Safari
> opened with an empty page. I won't go over all the things I have tried but
> here is my easy solution.
>
> first, I downloaded and installed Firefox from
> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-15.0.1&os=osx&lang=en-US
> After installing I opened Firefox and made my way to the initial window after
> closing a couple of dialog boxes. If you are not aware, firefox is not
> accessible with VO, but this doesn't matter.
> I then went to the File menu and opened the xml file of the book , then after
> it had loaded I 'Saved it As' in an html text format.
> Then I opened this new file in Safari, or Webkit and 'Voila !', there it is,
> the readable book.
> It will also open in TextEdit.
>
> 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'.
>
> TF
>
> On 28/09/2012, at 1:30 PM, candiestiles@xxxxxx wrote:
>
> I am experiencing the exact thing and it completely baffles me. I noticed it
> also after updating to 10.8.2. I don't know what it is, but if anyone could
> figure it out that would be great.
> On Sep 27, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have a subscription with the US based e-book Library for visually
>> challenged readers, 'BookShare'.
>> Unfortunately it is not well designed for Mac users but functions by loading
>> an .xml file into Safari.
>> This has worked recently but I now find my Safari browser now empty after
>> loading an .xml file and am not sure why this is, perhaps some change since
>> the recent OS upgrade 8.2.
>> Do any of you also subscribe to 'BookShare' or have any thoughts as to why
>> Safari is not loading the .xml files ?
>> I am pretty much at a loss an wonder whether something like Java has to also
>> be updated, or some Safari extension has to be installed to enable .xml
>> files to be read.
>>
>> Many thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> TF
>>
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