[mac4theblind] Re: ITunes for beginner

  • From: Justin Harford <blindstein@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:48:55 -0700

You should have used the last version of iTunes with mac os x 10.7. It was 
quite horrible.
El 04-09-2011, a las 8:10, Bubba escribió:

> Well, I use ITunes just about every day on the PC and when things are right
> I have no problem with iTunes and JFW. NO it is not as easy as windows media
> player but it is very useable. Now understand iTunes is an Apple program
> made for Apple machines. So it as I hear works much better and smoother on
> the Mac. This would make since it is an Apple program. Now it is up to other
> screen readers to make their stuff work with apple products just like Apple
> would have to make Vo work with Windows products. Just as it is that the app
> makers to make their apps accessible with Vo not Apple make Vo to work with
> apps. But all in all I don't use iTunes for anything but playing music and
> stuff sometimes now. I use the app store on the IOS devices and iTunes on
> the IOS devices as it is a lot less pain and when the new IOS come out you
> will not have to use iTunes at all unless you want to. All can be done on
> the devices and Macs . All in the clouds if you want that. I think in year
> or so ITunes might just go away . Other than to be used as a music or video
> player if you choose for it to be used that way. JST 
> 
> 
> Bubba
> bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JULIO PEREZ
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 10:49 AM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: ITunes for beginner
> 
> I'm sorry David but I DO want to point out that using iTunes (latest
> version) with JAWS (latest version) gives me a real headache. I'm not new to
> this stuff and I have plenty of experience and patience in dealing with
> unruly apps. The unpredictability of how tabbing, shift tabbing and using F6
> with JAWS in iTunes is ridiculous. I get plenty of controls without prompts;
> using the JAWS cursor is not good enough... I am no beginner in using JAWS
> or iTunes. As long as I only work with my music library, I can handle it
> relatively well. Everything else including registering with iTunes,
> configuring an iPhone and many other things that would be really cool to
> master are painful at best. From reading your message, I come away with the
> impression that it trouble with iTunes is totally an user issue and I
> disagree.    
> 
> I don't understand why Apple doesn't make their iTune Windows interface more
> accessible. I bet it will draw more blind Window users to their other
> devices. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert
> Poehlman
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 8:10 AM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: ITunes for beginner
> 
> I use itunes with jaws for windows with no scripts just fine.  It looks an
> aweful lot like itunes on the mac to me.
> 
> On Sep 4, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote:
> 
> Hi there. Thank you very much for trying to help, but I will absolutely
> never install Itunes on my PC. If I have it on the mac, that's more than
> sufficient; I don't even like using it there, but since it's more or less
> part of the OS, I'm willing to learn it to the best of my ability. The point
> is, though, that there's no way it's ever going to touch the PC. I feel the
> way about Skype, and instant messaging stuff. I just don't want to bog down
> my PC with that stuff, so I put it on the mac, mostly so that I can at least
> have a few reasons to own the thing.
> Anyway, like I said, thanks for trying to help, but I suspect that Itunes on
> my macbook is a completely different animal than itunes would be on the PC.
> Missy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bubba
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 11:14 PM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: ITunes for beginner
> 
> Hi, don't know about the Mac as I don't have one yet. Looking to get one as
> quick as my pocket aloud it. But they make scripts for JFW and iTunes that
> will help with this. See my previous message with the links. HTH
> 
> 
> Bubba
> bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Missy Hoppe
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 5:20 PM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Itunes for beginner
> 
> I was given that suggestion earlier this morning by someone on twitter when
> I first experienced the problem, and tried to follow those exact steps right
> away. Unfortunately, when I went to the lcd section, it just said unknown
> when I switched to the other view. Same problem happened on both stations,
> and when I play them in winamp, everything is fine, so it's definitely an
> itunews-related problem.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert
> Poehlman
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 5:18 PM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Itunes for beginner
> 
> ok, on the macbook in itunes, there is an "lcd section" in there, you will
> find the currently playing item.
> 
> On Sep 3, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote:
> 
> Well, I have itunes on the macbook. I have winamp on the pc. I have no idea
> where I'd have to look in the app to find the info I needed. It sounds like
> winamp is still my best bet for listening to internet radio if there's no
> way to get Itunes to make the title and artist info easily accessible.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert
> Poehlman
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 5:11 PM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Itunes for beginner
> 
> what were you using if not your pc?  The title and artist will not show up
> in the title bar.  They show up inside the app.
> 
> On Sep 3, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote:
> 
> Well, the best example would be this afternoon, I was listening to internet
> radio, and I really needed  the title and artist info to show up in the
> title bar, and no matter what I did, Itunes couldn't do it, so I had to use
> my PC, which was fine, but it made things a bit difficult.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert
> Poehlman
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 4:58 PM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Itunes for beginner
> 
> details please? we can help.
> 
> On Sep 3, 2011, at 4:43 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote:
> 
> I'd be interested in such a podcast too. I've had to use itunes this
> afternoon, and it has not been an enjoyable experience.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian and Denise
> Albriton
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 4:43 PM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Itunes for beginner
> 
> Is there a podcast on itunes for well, idiots. I don't even qualify for the
> dummy stage at this point.
> Have a great weekend folks.
> Brian
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