OK, I've figured it out. Things are slightly different on Mac and windows,
so I'll give both sets of instructions for completeness.

On the Mac, you can actually click on the price, however the VoiceOver move
mouse command (voKeys+command+f5) will not move the mouse to that spot for
some reason. VoiceOver in deed says "moving mouse", but my sighted assistant
told me that the mouse did not move.  You can then use vo+shift+spaceBar to
click it.
So, the only way around this is to be sure the "mouse tracks VoiceOver
cursor" option in VoiceOver utility is checked.

In Windows, The problem is that clicking exactly on the price column is not
the answer. There is apparently a graphic (bitmapped text) which says "buy
this item" or some such just to the right of the price itself, in between
the price and the genre. With Jaws, you move the Jaws cursor along the row
containing the song you want to purchase (you can read by word if you like)
and when you get to the price column you move three or 4 characters to the
right of the end of the price. It will say "blank" each time and there is a
fairly wide range (somewhere from 3 to 7 characters to the right of the end
of the price) which can be successfully clicked.

Hope this helps someone. I was tearing out my hair for three days trying to
purchase stuff. ugh.

-- Rich

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: Purchasing Music Via ITunes


Hi Rich,

>OK, when it asks whether you want to download the song, where is the damn
yes
>button? I see no dialog, no yes button, no "I agree" button, nothin. Its
the
>same on windows and mac.
>

I type in my password, and carriage return.  In the current verion
of iTunes, after selecting the track, you have to enter your iTunes
account info to go ahead.  Use item chooser menu and select
"Apple ID";  VO-keys down arrow and type in your ID.  Use
item chooser menu and select "Password";  VO-keys down
arrow and type in your password, then carriage return.

Actually, you probably don't have to do all of the item chooser
menu entries.  If you were logged into your iTunes account,
you'll automatcially have your Apple ID user name filled in,
and you'll automatically be in the password field where you
can type and carriage return.  (If you VO-keys up arrow you'll
here "Password", indicating the prompt for this field).  And if
you typed in your password authorization recently you won't
even have to do this again -- iTunes will authorize your purchase.

There's also a "remember password" check box there.

Here's how it works for me.  I'd check your
cursor tracking settings under the VoicerOver
utility (VO-keys + F8 key to bring up the utility; under the
Navigation tab look at the options for cursor tracking).  I have
Mouse Cursor tracks VoiceOver cursor checked.
Then for purchases in the iTunes Store I interact
with the Songs Outline, and VO-keys right arrow
to the price column of the track I want to purchase.

On my laptop I use VO-keys shift space to make
the purchase, but clicking the mouse at this
point also works. You'll have to type in your iTunes password
to complete the transaction, assuming you have
an account already created.  I'm logged in, so I
just type in my password and carriage return.

What happens if
you try a practice purchase on one of the "free" weekly
iTunes songs listed on the macrumors forum thread that links
to these in the iTunes store:

http://forums.macrumors.com/printthread.php?t=265572

The  first entry links are for this week's free downloads,
which will expire (i.e., cost money) when the next free
downloads appear next Tuesday.

Click on one of the links from your browser and your
focus will shift to the web page in  the iTunes store for that
entry and you will be in the Songs Outline.  I'd practice with
these free "purchases" since they work exactly like real
purchase check-outs but don't cost you anything.

If you forget the link, just google
"macrumors forum free iTunes 2007" and you'll
get to the thread listing each week's free iTunes.

Since many of these songs have only one track in the
iTunes listing, you can check that your focus does not
jump down 3 or 4 rows.

HTH

Cheers,

moriond



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