I think iTunes has several purposes. First, it drives traffic to the iTunes Store. Second, it is needed to transfer content to your iPod, although other applications, such as Winamp, have been allowed to do this lately. Third, it provides an easy way to tab and manage podcasts. In other words, it isn't too different from similar applications out there that allow you to play your multimedia content, manage your multimedia library, manage the media on your mobile devices and interact with a storefront offering free and paid content. Winamp, windows Media Player, Zune, Rhapsody and so on all provide similar function.
I'm not an iTunes user, but I was disappointed to see the accessibility problems with iTunes 9. According to a post I saw earlier, fixing the iTunes Store in iTunes 9 will require an update for iTunes and Window-Eyes. I haven't heard what's required for JFW and Screen Access. I'm glad Apple is working with the screen reader venders to get this fixed, but given how much Apple has done with accessibility lately, it would be nice if accessibility were part of their day zero release. I'm not sure what features there are in iTunes 9 that would have them rush it out without getting the accessibility right. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Ray Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 3:15 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: ipod touch Lynn and all, just to show my ignorance on all things ITunes, but what's the purpose of ITunes these days if Apple has abandoned DRM? I thought the reason for it's existence was to handle DRM as much as anything else. As for the JFW question, it's only a matter of time before JAWS will work with the latest ITunes and GW Micro says it is working with Apple to sort out the ITunes store issues in version 9 of the software. this is bound to benefit JFW users and others too. System Access claims to work with ITunes 9 propperly, or at least better, right now. Ray. Lynn Schneider wrote: I purchased my Ipod Touch 32 GB on Tuesday afternoon and am making great strides in learning to use gestures with the touch screen, an experience I have never had before. Yes, the 8 GB version does not have Voiceover. Also, the mic that comes with the Touch is mono, but you can purchase a stereo mic, which I plan to do this weekend. I still hate iTunes with a passion. Surprisingly to me, it has been the most difficult part of this process so far, more difficult than learning the gesture system. Using Jaws 10, I can barely get around the latest version of Itunes right now, but I'm hoping practice will make perfect and that changing my display settings will help. From the documentation, it seems that Jaws is not one of the approved screen readers for Itunes, so I may have to install Window-Eyes, which I'm not entirely thrilled about. Can someone point me to a podcast or some other method to learn how to make Jaws 10 and the latest Itunes work together? -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Lauren Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 6:33 AM To: pc audio Subject: ipod touch Has anyone actually tested out the device? Am I reading it right from the email threads that only the $299 or $399 would be accessible and not the 8GB one? Sincerely, Lauren To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
