You're welcome, Robert. I forgot to elaborate on where to check on CD/ DVD burning progress, but it's the same window (Player Status window) in iTunes, and you need to move on and off the status field here. You'll actually hear which titles are being burned in sequence, especially if you are burning a data disc format with lots of files.
Cheers, Esther On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > > Thanks Esther, > > As always that is excellent information. > > Robert Carter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Esther <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, Jun 2, 2009 14:55:13 > Subject: Re: Monitoring progress with Voice Over > >> >> >> >> Hi Robert, >> >> I'm pasting this in from a message I sent in April about setting up >> the iPod Nano 4G. It describes where to check for the updating >> status when syncing -- this is the player status window of iTunes >> that >> announces which track is currently playing, etc. The main thing is >> that the updating information state only gets read when you move >> onto >> this field so hold down the VO keys and alternate moving arrow keys >> off and on the sync status information. I haven't checked this >> against the latest version of iTunes, but anything that changes is >> likely to be a quite minor modification that you can figure out from >> the information below. >> >> <begin excerpt> >> There is a status window in iTunes that you can reach by doing a VO- >> Up >> Arrow twice after you stop interacting with the iTunes Settings >> scroll >> area. The first VO-Up Arrow gets announced for me as "Text List View >> Switcher" the status window is announced as "LCD scroll area". >> You'll need to interact, and you'll also need to move off and on the >> fields with VO-arrow keys to get the updated messages. If I VO-down >> arrow and VO-up arrow fast, I'll hear "Syncing iPod Do Not >> Disconnect" >> and "Updating <your name's> iPod". This message alternates with a >> second message that will tell you the actual files being copies at >> the >> time you sample by name and number. So I could hear the name of an >> Audiobook file and a number like copied 71 files of 73. When >> everything is done you'll hear "Sync is complete" in this field. The >> main thing is that you have to move on and off the fields to get the >> updated status. >> >> The other thing you can check, which is less helpful than the status >> window (which, incidentally, is the "Now Playing" window when you are >> playing music in iTunes), is the capacity bar scroll area. If you >> are >> in the iTunes Settings Scroll area for your summary settings, VO-Down >> Arrow to the Capacity Bar scroll area and interact. This gives you >> the amount of space that is used on your Nano, and the values >> actually >> change (in blocky jumps) while your iPod updates if you monitor it. >> It's less useful to check things here until your sync is finished. >> You can interact and VO-right arrow across to find out the amount of >> space allocated to audio, video, other (I think that's contacts and >> games and, in our case, the spoken menus), and free space. >> <end excerpt> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Robert Carter wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> When an iPod is syncing with a Mac, is there any way to get >>> VoiceOver to speak the progress of the sync? Also, when a CD is >>> being burned is there any way to get VoiceOver to speak the progress >>> of the burn process? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Robert Carter >>> >>>> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
