just an fyi, the audiogalaxy site works better in internet
explorer, not firefox 11. At least, that's what I found, might be just
my settings though. but I couldn't get the signup form to load in ff and
it's fine in ie. just a heads up.
Dave C. Bahr
On 4/26/2012 8:53 PM, Danny Leung wrote:
I too encounter problem to download the file. Can some one also send me the
file or the direct link to download the file? Thanks!
Danny
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Melissa Tucker
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Streaming all your music to your iPhone or iPod using Audio
Galaxy
I can normally download things, but can't seem to download the helper to
audiogalaxy. could someone either send it to me, or send me a dirrect link?
The link that was sent to me in the introduction email isn't allowing me to
download anything either in firefox or internet explorer. thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raul A. Gallegos"<[email protected]>
To:<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: Streaming all your music to your iPhone or iPod using Audio
Galaxy
Hi all. Just a follow up to my post from yesterday. At first I was
going to post a guide to AppleVis, but then saw that there was already
a guide on it. The link is:
http://www.applevis.com/guides/audiogalaxy-web-site-and-desktop-helper
-jaws-11-and-window-eyes-perspective
So, rather than re-invent the wheel, I edited my email and posted the
steps to adding and removing folders using Window-Eyes as a comment to
this guide. The link is:
http://www.applevis.com/guides/audiogalaxy-web-site-and-desktop-helper
-jaws-11-and-window-eyes-perspective#comment-2967
So, there you have it.
Happy listening.
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On 4/25/2012 7:37 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
Hi all. I just want to share my experiences with this app. If you
have heard of iTunes Match or Google Music, they are services where
you can listen to your music from your iPhone or iPod anywhere you
have online access. I won't get into all the details of iTunes Match
or Google Music, but I will tell you about Audio Galaxy. First off, it's
free.
Second, it doesn't have a 25,000 song limit like iTunes Match does.
Third, if your audio is comprised of many different formats such as
mp3, wma, ogg, wav, ETC, it's all playable with Audio Galaxy because
it re-encodes your music when it streams it to your device.
First the iTunes link to download the app.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audiogalaxy-mobile/id373357030?mt=8
Next the Audio Galaxy web site.
http://www.audiogalaxy.com
You have to sign up with Audio Galaxy and create an account. You can
make a stand alone account or you can link your Facebook account with
it and that creates your account. Once you do that, from your mac or
windows pc, you download the Audio Galaxy helper. This is a small
program which runs all the time from your machine. This means that
your computer must be online and logged in so that you can stream
your audio from anywhere. Once the helper is downloaded and installed
it will by default add the user account music folder to the list so
that everything you have there is available. If you want to add
additional folders, you need to right-click the helper from the
system tray, and choose the manage folders link. This opens a list of
all your folders in the standard Windows open dialog. Sorry Mac
users, I don't know how to do this from the Mac. Unfortunately for
windows users, arrowing through the folders doesn't give you keyboard
access on checking and unchecking the folders you want to select.
However, at least with Window-Eyes users, if you know how to use the
mouse pointer, you can do this. If you are using another screen reader, I
don't know how to tell you the following.
Reading the steps for Window-Eyes users might help you do the
equivalent in your preferred screen reader though.
Assuming you are using the default layout of Window-Eyes, when the
folder selection dialog opens, use your regular arrows to navigate
this tree. Window-Eyes will tell you if the folder is checked,
unchecked, or partially checked. If it is partially checked, it means
you can right arrow the folder to see subfolders and one or more of those
is checked.
Now to check or uncheck a folder to be excluded or included in Audio
Galaxy's folder list, do the following.
1. Arrow to the folder you want to add or remove.
2. Route the mouse pointer to the focus by pressing Insert-Numpad-Plus.
3. Press Numpad-5 to read the current line under the mouse to make
sure it reads out the folder you want to add or remove.
4. If it doesn't, use Numpad-8 or Numpad-2 to move the mouse up or
down a line at a time so you can reach the folder you want.
5. Once the mouse pointer is on the folder you want, press Numpad-4
or
Numpad-6 to move left or right by characters until you reach the
first character of the folder name. For example if the folder I want
to add is called "Music Hits 2012" I would place the mouse pointer on
the M of Music.
6. Here's the slightly tricky part. You have to move the mouse
pointer to the left a little to place it on the check box to toggle
whether this folder is included or not. If it's unchecked, it will be
checked and vice versa. To do this, press Control-Shift-Numpad-4 a total
of 5 times.
This might vary depending on your screen resolution, but 5 times
seems to be enough in the situations I've tried..
7. Once the mouse pointer is on the check box, press the left-click
button, Numpad-slash to toggle the check box. The slash key is
located directly above the Numpad-8.
If there are other folders visible on the screen which you want to
toggle to checked or unchecked, you can repeat steps 4 through 8 as
needed. However if the folder you want to work with next isn't
visible on the screen, you will have to navigate to it starting with step
1.
Once you have your folders set, you don't really have to mess with them.
If you add any new music or remove old music, and this new or old
music is inside a subfolder of an already selected folder, Audio
Galaxy will automatically update the database. So for example if you
just have the Music folder added, the default one, you can add or
remove artist-titled subfolders inside it and you don't have to
update anything as far as Audio Galaxy is concerned.
Now, the mobile app. This is an app which runs on the iPhone and
iPod, and probably the iPad. It is very Voice Over friendly and if
you are looking at playing music you search for, or music at random,
it is easy to navigate. There are other features such as tagging
certain songs, or making your own playlists, but I haven't messed
with that much. I read on the site that the current versions of the
app allow you to create an account so you don't have to use the Audio
Galaxy web site, but since I've had my account for 2 years now, I
can't confirm this. Just so you know, Audio Galaxy isn't just for
listening to your music and audio from an iOS device. You can fire up
your second computer and login to the Audio Galaxy web site, log in, and
see your music there for streaming.
However since the web site isn't the most screen reader friendly, I
haven't used it like this. Besides which, my main reason for using
this service is to stream to my iPhone when I'm doing chores in the
house, or when I'm on a road trip or visiting family in another city.
I think I pretty much covered it all, at least the basics. I really
don't know much more about this app other than what I've written here.
Happy listening.
.
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