I’m actually really impressed. This app was designed for the efficient VoiceOver user: action items that move between sections, a chapter slider that is easy to locate by touch, and significantly less verbosity that I have to endure on a computer. Plus it doesn’t initially struggle with focus issues when I navigate between sections like I experience on the web. I’m currently doing an adaptive assignment—and it works well, except for when I return to the question after perusing the book. To return to the question content, I must invoke screen recognition. There was also some thought that went into the annotations feature: I can use the selection rotor to select text; unfortunately, it stops working reliably after the first entry. As a screen reader user, I would use this app since it is way more convenient than turning on my computer. **Edit** matching terms with definitions + writing in text boxes if you browse through the book are both unreliable on iPad

I rely on etextbooks because with kindle and other PDFs I can have my phone read the pages aloud to me while I am cooking, cleaning, commuting and managing my family. Moreover, I have issues with my eyes where I cannot stare at screens for long periods of time so I reserve screen times for when I have papers and online research. I can understand not allowing copy and pasting for copyright reasons but spoken screen and spoken content with iOS does not work at all for this app which is absolutely absurd. Why would you prevent people that can’t see digital content very well from being able to have the content read to them?!?! If I were any more blind than I currently am I would not be able to use this app at all so those with vision impairment should STAY AWAY!! The “highlight and speak” feature worked the first day I tried this app and has not worked since, a feature that is also poor because you cannot pause long segments so you have to highlight very short segments at a time (which is extremely inconvenient when driving). Since that KY worked one time I have deleted and redownload this app 5 times and it still dies not work. I hope professors in the future will stay away from McGraw Hill products all together because the snout of money paid for this textbook and the lack of accessibility is absolutely outrageous.

I don’t understand how such a big company like McGraw Hill could come up with such an utterly lousy app. I would give it 0 stars if I could. I am being forced to use this app for school because of school, but if you have ANY CHOICE WHATSOEVER, DO NOT USE THIS APP. You’re better off taking pictures of every single page of your textbook and using photos on your phone than using this app.The entire app is the most inconvenient and poorly formatted. First of all, “continuous scroll” is the only option. I put continuous scroll in quotes because it isn’t even continuous. The pages are all strangely different lengths and the application stops you at the end of a page so you have to swipe multiple times before you can access the next page.Moreover, the markup features are absolutely pathetic. There are very few markup options; they have four highlighter colors and don’t even have a handwriting option. Also, seeing as this app is geared towards iPads, the fact that Apple Pencil does not work with it is absurd. You also have to select the text you want to markup by dragging your finger around for an unholy amount of time before the markup options even show up, because as i mentioned earlier, you cannot draw on the book with Apple Pencil.

It works as a fairly good reader, albeit the scroll is vertical for some reason. Honestly, everything is passable, EXCEPT the note taking system! Arguably one of the most important features of a textbook reader! You cannot just write directly on the page (I’m using an iPad btw) you have to highlight the text, select write note, then write a note in a separate window that covers the text you’re referencing. And the little note window only supports typing or that handwriting to typed word conversion setting(which is terrible if you write in cursive like me,) meaning you can’t just jot down a quick handwritten note, you either have to type it out or write it and then spend time editing it so it actually makes sense. And ladies and gentlemen that’s not all! These notes you write? You Can’t See Them On The Text! They appear as dotted lines under the words you highlighted or in a list of all your notes organized by date? Maybe I’m being entitled but it is hard to believe that this app doesn’t allow you to easily take notes with your stylus without having to jump through hoops.