Did you guys get annoyed with how long it took for the page to come into focus when reading Hard Times in iBooks? It took about 5 seconds for every page which slowed my reading substantially, giving me a hard time! I’ve noticed that this happens with really long texts whether you read them online (where you just get checkers) or load them to a reading app (where you get blurry text). I don’t know anything about computers so I don’t know if it has to do with the GBs or what but I know that it is an area which needs improvement if we want to view voluminous texts/pictures.
I have recently been listening to audio texts/books on my iPod for some classes as a personal experiment to be more efficient and enable multi-tasking. I thought about the possibility of having the text on the iPad AS WELL AS the audio version read to you at the same time. Maybe that will be an exciting option in the future.
interesting to think about. i’ve listened to books for school in the past when driving to and from home, but i usually find it to be handicapping as far as close reading is concerned.
I like your idea of having an audio as well as visual on the iPad. Although i have never tried listening to school books i think that it could be useful
Good idea. I’m all about multitasking. good post about the technology
Nice work!