[nabs-l] jaws and itunes

Beth Taurasi denverqueen1107 at comcast.net
Tue Sep 3 04:14:18 UTC 2013


I am wondering myself how to get my icloud downloads off the darned ipod 
touch and put them into my itunes folder on my computer, but since the 
library won't sync properly, Idk what to do.
BethOn 9/2/2013 9:16 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
> Hi Kelsey,
> I have the same problems and nice to know I have company.
> I also had to ask for assistance to sync my ipod for some of the same 
> reasons you raised.
> I have itunes 11 btw. Script, what script?
>
> I have a basic ipod. Which ipod do you have?
> Joshua, she wants to use windows and itunes so your suggestion wasn't 
> too helpful.
> Joshua, not all ipods have a wifi connection. This is why she had help 
> setting up her ipod with a windows pc I'm sure.
> Also, I'm sure she knows about voice over already.
> The ipod touch has wifi btw but the other ipods that play music and 
> audio books do not.
> So you have to hook your ipod to the pc and sync your itunes library 
> to it.
>
> Kelsey, I can import cds too, and even found out how to play my songs 
> from itunes. But from there, I was confuseed.
> Its my experience that standard jaws commands to navigate a website 
> such as b for button or x for checkbox do not work on itunes.
> I cannot down arrow to explore it and I always feel lost on the page 
> as I tab around.
> Apple should do a webinar on this, how to use assistive tech with 
> itunes on a pc.
> So I'd be curious too to learn how you can search for and purchase 
> music with jaws.
>
> Hope someone has more advice.
> The only command I know in using itunes is that control P i s pause song.
>
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Kelsey Nicolay
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 10:43 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] jaws and itunes
>
> Hello,
> I know this subject may have come up before, but I wanted to know
> what you think.  I did try to post it to a jaws-users list, but
> my posts were not getting through so I'll post it here too.  I
> have had an ipod for the past four years or so but someone else
> took care of everything for me.  Now, I have started exploring
> itunes using JAWS.  I have found it fairly accessible when
> completing basic tasks such as importing a CD or playing my
> itunes library, but it seems that itunes does not perform so well
> when trying to do things like creating a qlaylist.  I can click
> the new qlaylist button, but I cannot actually create a qlaylist.
> I have found a way to use the itunes store, but it is very time
> consuming.  It takes me 5 minutes to purchase a song from the
> itunes store because I actually have to do it through a google
> search.  Then once I get to the itunes page, I have to click the
> view in itunes link from which point I can click the buy button
> and then go through the steps, but like I said it's a long
> process.  So what I am wondering is: What tricks have you found
> work for you in using itunes? I am currently running JAWS 14 with
> itunes 10.  There are no scripts for itunes 10, but I could get a
> script for 11 which would cost me $6.99.  Is it worth the money
> to get the script and just relearn 11 or should I try to learn
> how to do it without a script with 10? I also have problems with
> syncing.  The issue is that when you sync your ipod, there is a
> little icon that says something like "safely disconnect ipod."
> Does JAWS speak this along automatically or is the something I
> would have to ask a sighted person to do? I am getting tired of
> having to ask someone to help me every time I want to sync my
> ipod since I am pretty proficient on the computer to begin with.
> Anyone who uses JAWS and uses itunes, please share your thoughts,
> techniques, keystrokes etc you use to help you navigate itunes
> independently.
> Thanks,
> Kelsey Nicolay
>
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