[nabs-l] IPod and iTunes

Fri Apr 10 20:48:21 UTC 2009

ITunes 8 is accessible. I have an iPod Shuffle. I have downloaded songs using itunes 8 Albert

> From: blind.subscriber at gmail.com
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:22:34 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IPod and iTunes
> 
> 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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