[nabs-l] IPod and iTunes

Fri Apr 10 16:22:34 UTC 2009

I will double check, but just for a heads up.

I believe it is I tune 9 that is suppose to be fully accessible, and is
posted to be released around June. I am running whatever variation of I
tunes 8 they have sent out, so I have not expected much difference with the
accessibility. Step one was the Nanno, and next will be I tune. Also to
encourage some patients, Apple is in the process of getting rid of their
Digital Rights management. I have yet to find an alternative direction for
their security, but if not replaced that will alleviate a lot of head aches
for us. For when they finally are rid of that security we will have easier
access to choose what products to interact with I tunes with. That is also
my issue with the Amazon's Candle device, it is completely locked down, and
we as consumers have no choice but to use or ignore that product. Does not
leave much room for competition or choice.

Sincerely,

Mandarino

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
of Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:52 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Ipod and itunes

Hi all,
I use jaws 10.  I have the recent version of itunes.
However, I find a big accessibility problem.  I thought it was going to be 
more accessible.
After I search and play the song sample, I cannot buy it.  I've been told 
there is a grey buy link you need to click on to buy the individual song.  I

cannot get jaws to find it.  Jaws will let me find whole albums and buy 
them, but not songs.  I'm hoping to find a number to call itunes and allert 
them to this problem.  After I have sighted help to buy a song, I can 
navigate with jaws to play songs.

If you find other inaccessible features, I hope you inform itunes.  Only if 
multiple blind people complain will they change and make it friendly to 
nonvisual access.

Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill" <cassonw at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:55 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Ipod and itunes

> Hi all,
>
> first, Amy says that iTunes does not support mp3 this is incorrect.  Also,
> iTunes has made many improvements in accessibility in version 8 and i use
> win-eyes 7 and the few glitches there seemed to be in version 8 orf iTunes
> have been worked out in 8.1.   note that iTunes is still not accessible to
> version 6 of wineyes due to its lack of scrypting ability.  I have heard 
> and
> it seems to be the opinion of those on the list who use it, that version 
> 10
> of jaws works well with iTunes.
>
> As for iPods, the 4th generation iPod Nano has fully speaking menus and
> track info.  Note there are some features and settings are not spoken.
> iTunes is required for this to work.  it uses the default voice that is 
> set
> in windows or the default voice set for voiceover in macs.
>
> Here is the link to the page on apples website pertaining to accessibility
> for the iPod and iTunes.
> http://www.apple.com/accessibility/itunes/vision.html
>
> Hope this is helpful.  Feel free to email me if you would like more 
> details
> Bill
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Amy Sabo <amylsabo at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> hello ashely and all,
>>
>> to answer your questions about the ipod and the itunes here it is along
>> with my opinion on it too! the ipod in my mind isn't accessible at all 
>> and
>> before jfw 10 came along the software wasn't accessible at all. but, i 
>> could
>> be wrong on it since i haven't gone to it since the release of jfw 10 and
>> played around with it myself.
>>
>> i would recommend if i were you to use a accessible mp3 player like the
>> victor stream to listen to your music. it's soooo accessible in putting
>> music onto the player. for putting the music onto the player the songs 
>> need
>> to be in mp3 format and itunes doesn't support music in that format.
>>
>> so, that's my forte and 2 cents worth on this topic. but, i'm sure that
>> others on this list will be happy to chime in with their comments and
>> suggestion for this topic. take care and i will talk to you all soon!
>>
>>
>>
>> hugs,
>> from amy
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: Ashley Bramlett
>>
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>
>> Sent: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:01:13 +0000 (UTC)
>>
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Ipod and itunes
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> We all like music of some kind.  What accessible Ipods are ut there?  I
>> know the Ipod shuffle is usable because it has tactile buttons and no 
>> visual
>> display.  Is itunes accessible?  If there are problems what are they?
>>
>> I'm going to use itunes to get music and would access it independently if

>> i
>> can.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ashley
>>
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