Sunshine:
I don't know a thing about how iTunes works with respect to Window-Eyes,
though I suspect somehow it does. I can tell you what I do in JFW 8. The
same thing works for lower versions of JFW between 5.0 and 7.1, in case
you've not upgraded.
There are three different ways I can think of to subscribe to a podcast with
the help of iTunes, using JFW. Two of them involve the Web, the third
involves using only iTunes.
In the first way, you go onto the Web--either to individual content
providers' sites or onto a podcast repository such as Podcast.net--and you
find the podcast you want. Sometimes, a site offering podcasts will allow
you to click on a subscription URL that opens in Internet Explorer,
containing XML code that you wouldn't normally care to read. But if this
happens, what you're looking at is actually the set of coded instructions
iTunes will use to define and capture the podcast you're subscribing to. If
you land on such a page with XML code on it that's a subscription page, then
type ALT+d to get to the address bar. Copy the URL of the page you're on
with CTRL+c. Then, open an iTunes window, go to the menus, and navigate to
one of the right-hand menu lists that will contain an item called SUBSCRIBE
TO PODCAST. I don't know if there is a keyboard shortcut to this, but I
have just navigated with the arrow keys until I've found it. Click on the
SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST entry, and you will land in an edit box. Paste the URL
you've just copied into your clipboard, click the OK button, and iTunes will
then automatically find and subscribe you to the podcast.
Second: Sometimes a content provider's Web site will not have a specific
link to click on that takes you to XML code. In such cases, though, the URL
of the subscription page will be presented on the content provider's Web
page as a type of text entry that you can't click on. In such cases you
might need to go into iTunes and manually type out the URL into the
SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST edit box rather than copying and pasting.
Third: Sometimes the podcast you're looking for will be available directly
through iTunes. If you are in the PODCASTS field, you can use your JAWS
cursor to navigate to the bottom of the screen, where you will find
something called PODCAST DIRECTORY. Left-click on this with your JAWS
cursor, which is the Numpad minus sign found directly above Numpad 8. Then,
going back to your PC cursor and navigating around with your Tab and arrow
keys, you will reach a search box. You can type the name of a podcast
provider or subject category you're interested in and hit ENTER right after
typing the search. Then, by tabbing once or twice more, you will come upon
a list of podcasts generated by the iTunes store which match your search
criterion. Entries are alphabetized, so you can scroll up and down with
arrow keys through this list. You can play these simply by highlighting one
and hitting ENTER, to see if it's something you like. If it is, you can
then return to your JAWS cursor, go to the bottom of the screen, and locate
the words SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST. Left-click on the word SUBSCRIBE using that
Numpad Minus key again, and you will be subscribed without having to type in
or paste the URL anywhere.
I am presuming you are using Brian's scripts, or some other JAWS add-on that
makes iTunes a little accessible.
Does this help? Write back if you need more direction.
-Kane
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Subject: How to subscribe to podcasts in itunes,
how do you subscribe to podcasts in itunes? and how do you download the
podcasts using jaws 8.0 and window eyes 6.1
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