![]() ![]() You use the Barnes and Noble Bookstore App to search for and purchase books, and we will discuss that app later in this article. The "Search" button on the Library page only searches through the books and magazines in your collection and does not search for new books to purchase. Strangely, the indication reappears if you open a different sample book and return to your Library page. Also, although VoiceOver does properly indicate when one of your books is a sample book, that indication disappears after you have opened the book and returned to the Library. There is an untagged NOOK graphic near the top of the screen that is ignored by VoiceOver, but that does not affect the usability of the app. The Library also has a "Settings" button, a "Search" button for searching through your book titles, and a "Sync" button to download new books or magazines purchased from the Barnes & Noble bookstore.Įverything on the Library page is accessible with VoiceOver except for some minor details. It lists all the books and magazines you have downloaded to the app, and you can simply double tap on a title to open a book. The Library page could also be referred to as the home page because it is where you would naturally begin to use the app. The tutorial is helpful and well done, and the only minor issue is with Voiceover in that the bullets appear as separate elements, forcing you to swipe again to hear their corresponding text. The tutorial uses headings and bullets while teaching the fundamentals of using VoiceOver with the app. After the initial sign-in process, the app offers a tutorial for using the app. Secondly, the combo box where you select your country is inaccessible, so help from a person who is sighted may be needed. However, when simply using VoiceOver to read the status of the checkbox, it correctly reports its status. When checking or unchecking the checkbox, VoiceOver reports the opposite of what actually happens. The first involves the checkbox for agreeing to the terms and conditions. ![]() There are a couple of accessibility problems with this process. The process consists of entering information, such as your country, and accepting the terms and conditions. You will only have to do this one time as long as your account remains logged in. ![]() This screen's sole purpose is to link the app with your NOOK account, allowing you to always have your entire NOOK e-book collection at hand. Although that promotional text is not spoken by VoiceOver, it's not essential to moving forward. When the app is opened for the first time, a welcome screen appears, consisting of the name of the app as well as some promotional text highlighting features of the app. The app is a tool for accessing e-Books purchased from Barnes & Noble's Website or via the B&N Bookstore app, which we will also briefly discuss in this article. This article provides a description of how to use the app with information included about the accessibility of the various features and functions of the app.īarnes & Noble's NOOK app works with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, and it is available for free in the Apple App Store. Although the NOOK tablet device is still inaccessible to people with vision loss, the accessibility improvements in this app are worth an investigation. Barnes & Noble is a bit late to the party when it comes to the accessibility of its e-book platforms, but it has definitely made an effort with the latest release, version 3.3, of the NOOK app. This time, we take a look at the recently released NOOK app for the iOS platform from Barnes & Noble. Access to books is an extremely important issue to those of us in the blindness community, and AccessWorld has devoted many articles over the years to the issue. ![]()
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