If you want to keep track of podcasts on this feed as they are created, you
will want to subscribe to this feed. There are many separate programs that
do this. I prefer to watch feeds in Internet Explorer 8. Here are some
basics.
Often when browsing the web, JAWS will announce when it finishes loading
that there is a feed and so many links on the page. If it says there are
feeds available, pressing Alt + J will bring up a context menu near the
address bar listing the various feeds available on that page. News sites
always have such feeds available. It is also possible to use the Search for
feeds menu item in the Tools menu.
Once an XML RSS feed is being viewed, if you are interested in getting
updates from that site or listen regurarily to their podcasts, subscribe to
the feed. Most feed pages have a plus sign near the top of the page that
will subscribe you to that feed by pressing Enter on the link. I finsd some
sites, especially feedburner pages might not be in the right format for to
subscribe in IE. If you select the Subscribe to this feed... menu item in
the Tools menu. this seems to geyt put into the correct format for IE. When
you subscribe to a feed, it gets added to your feed list. This is much like
the favorites list. In fact, it is handled from the same area on the
toolbars.
To go to your feeds list, press Control + J. It will present a tree view of
your feeds. It is possible to place them in groups, much like favorites.
If the site has added items or articles to the feed since the last time you
viewed the page, a "- new" will be announced after the feed name in the
list. Press Enter to view the latest items in the feed. It will only show
the new items. It keeps track of what you have viewed before.
The very last link at the bottom of every feed page is a link for
Properties. Hitting Enter here will bring up a dialog. These properties
let you select if you want IE to automatically download attached files,
which are also commonally called podcasts. You might also want to sabe
space on your hard disk by adjusting the number to be archived. For weekly
podcasts, reducing the default from 200 to 4 will still retain a copy for a
month.
I normally copy podcasts I am interested in to a podcaasts folder which I
use a couple of times a week to copy to my Victor Reader for relaxed speeded
up listening. To copy to this podcast folder, I use the previously
mentioned keystrokes. Press Insert + NumPad Minus (-), followed by Numpad
Star (*)., and select "Save target...". Sorry, I have no idea what the
laptop keystrokes would be.
I think that might cover the verry basics of RSS feeds. By the way, RSS
stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is a technology to allow the
viewer, like IE to check every so often for new materieral from a website
and download it automatically. The default frequency can be set to once a
day or every 15 minutes, depending on your needs. This is set on the
content page of the Internet Options dialog.
Don Marang
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real
substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working
on things that matter.
Dean Kamen
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From: "Francis E. Khan" <fek...@tstt.net.tt>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 2:54 PM
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Blind Cooltech podcasts
I do apologize for my stupidity. After listening to your last post, I
saved the link in my Internet favorites and everything is fine now. It is
now so easy to go online and hit enter on the Blindcooltech item and hit
the enter key.
Thank you again and I can now listen to all the things I need to know
about.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Marang" <donald.mar...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Blind Cooltech podcasts
I have no idea what you have attempted to do. The link below. if opened
in Internet Explorer 7 or 8, will just display all of the items in that
feed. If you are using JAWS, you can move to the next item, sometimes
called articles, simply by pressing the 2 key, since these are level 2
headings. There is a link after the description for the attached MP3 file.
Clicking on this link will start your media player. If you want to
download it, press Insert + NumPad Minus (-), followed by Numpad Star (*).
This will bring up the context menu. Select "Save target..." and select
where you want to save the file.
If you decide you like the feed you are using, press Alt + T, followed by
f to subscribe to the feed. If you need more information about viewing
feeds and subscribing to podcasts with IE, hust ask.
Don Marang
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any
real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am
working on things that matter.
Dean Kamen
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From: "Francis E. Khan" <fek...@tstt.net.tt>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 12:55 PM
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Blind Cooltech podcasts
I downloaded the feeddemon option and installed it. There is a Feed
station and the Feeddemon menu. The Blindcooltech is affiliated with
Google so, how do I download all the feeds I want. Nothing seems to
work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Marang" <donald.mar...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Blind Cooltech podcasts
I just use the IE 7/8 compatible RSS feed. That is currently how I get
all of my podcasts. The feed is:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/blindcooltech
Don Marang
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any
real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I
am working on things that matter.
Dean Kamen
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From: "Francis E. Khan" <fek...@tstt.net.tt>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:35 PM
To: "Blind Computing" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Blind Cooltech podcasts
Does anybody know the address of Blind Cooltech? When I type the
internet address of that site I am getting a company which deals with
air-conditioning hardware.
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