Sean, ITunes is spelt i t u n e s. Just wanted to clear that up as I've noticed you spelt it like how it would say in American speech, i t o o n s. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user Website: www.chrishallsworth.co.nr ----- Original Message ----- From: "VaShaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 11:50 PM Subject: Re: Podcasts, Audiobooks,and General iTunes Information [was Re: I Toones]
Tell me about the I Toones store. Don't you have to sign up or something? If not how do I access it?On Sep 22, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Shaun, > > On Saturday, September 22, 2007, at 07:37AM, "VaShaun Jones" wrote: >> OK I went leoville.com and to Mac Break Weekly and put that URL in >> I Toones. Is this correct? It has I Toones link which brings up I >> Toones, but it still asks for a URL in I Toones. > > As Kevin said it's actually easiest to subscribe to podcasts > through the iTunes > Store, but from leoville.com I can find 3 ways to subscribe to the > podcast. Read > through this message first before you jump on doing just putting in > a URL. > > First of all if I go to leoville.com, bring up the links chooser > menu with > VO-keys+U and type "Mac" I can find the link for "MacBreak Weekly" > I VO-keys+space bar twice, the first to go to the link on the > current page > and the second to navigate the link to the linked web page, and it > takes > me to the page that describes the MacBreak Weekly podcast. If I use > the item chooser menu (VO-keys+I) and type subscribe, I find an item > for a subscribe popup button. I down arrow and find two (of the > listed) > options of interest: iTunes AAC and RSS. > > If I select RSS, I'm taken to the RSS feed for the podcast: > > feed://leoville.tv/podcasts/mbw.xml > > If I put this address into the Advanced Menu URL prompt, I'll be > subscribed to the podcast. But, as Kevin said, this is really not > the easiest way to do things. I would have had an easier time > if I had simply put the iTunes Store in the Source list and typed > "MacBreak Weekly" into the Search Text Field, then navigated > to the Songs Outline Window to the first item and "clicke" on > the button to subscribe. > > In fact, the other option from the subscribe popup button, "iTunes > AAC" > takes me to the iTunes Store podcast page for MacBreak Weekly > where the last 23 episodes are listed, starting with the most > recent. I interact with the Songs Outline and right arrow over > to the description column where I can find out the subject > of each program. If I right arrow one more column, I'm at > the "Free" button, and if I "click" with VO-keys+shift space > bar that episode will start downloading. Or, I can carriage return > to start listening to it on the feed. > > When you browse the podcast web page, you can get > individual episodes without subscribing. To subscribe, > go back to your podcasts library; tab back to the Sources > Outline and select Podcasts, then tab to the Songs Outline. > Interact with the Songs Outline, arrow over to the podcast > folder (probably the only item so you'll already be there!), > open it up with VO-keys+backslash. You can use > the contextual menu (VO-keys+shift+m) to Subscribe to > Podcast or to download all episodes (if you're at the top > folder level). If your right arrow to the description fields > you can find out which episode you want to listen to next. > Carriage return to start playing. > > This has taken a LOT longer to describe than it actually takes > to do! > > Hope this helps, > > Esther > >
