[blindipod] Re: iTunes 5, initial verdict

["G. McFarlane" <gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brian
I'm glad it doesn't seem as daunting as at first thought.

I don't want to complicate things as I know you'll be busy changing things 
round, but as you mentioned audio scanning can I put a suggestion?

I've noticed that in particularly long podcasts (eg. Jonathan Mosen's almost 
5 hours extravaganza) - and I imagine in Audible books too - that scanning 
even using the smallest amount is too long for easy accuracy. Using the alt 
and right arrow can move you forward minutes. I know this might be 
unalterable but is it possible to be more accurate or have even shorter 
jumps. Obviously in a small file this would be miniscule but in larger files 
it is fairly important. Another feature that may have to be implemented by 
Apple before you can do anything with it is an ability to audio scrub as you 
move fast forward thus able to hear the sounds as you pass them by. This 
would also be useful if possible in podcasts especially.

Thanks again Brian for all your work.

Regards.

Gordon McFarlane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Hartgen" <brian.hartgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: [blindipod] iTunes 5, initial verdict


> Hi
> Well there are some very interesting things about iTunes 5 having had an
> initial play with it.
>
> The first thing to say is that, if you want to use the jaws scripts, do 
> not
> upgrade.  stay with iTunes 4.9 for now. There are a number of things which
> will definitely not work.  But I am convinced they will in a short space 
> of
> time.  Interestingly enough, my newly created window-eyes set files work
> very well, but I am not even getting into that right now.
>
> What is interesting is that Apple have added some new keyboard shortcuts,
> but largely the program is inaccessible unless you have the scripts or 
> some
> set files.  They have though put in some keyboard shortcuts to move 
> forward
> and backward in a song, alt control right and left arrow.  I have to say
> that Apple's audio scanning isn't quite as good as mine (smile), as in the
> scripts we have three levels of audio scanning depending upon how much you
> want to move through, which is incredibly useful within audible books. But
> in the scripts we will keep their audio scanning, which moves you by just 
> a
> few seconds of audio, and we'll have a couple of other levels.
>
> I'll write more when I know more about it.
>
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