I just don't understand this website. I have not been able to locate a download link. MelHi, Here is the url http://www.chopracentermeditation.com/bestsellers/ProgramPage.aspx?bookid=169&id=7219 On Jul 22, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hello Mel, > > First, let me answer what I think is your question, and also give the URL of > what I believe is the web page you are trying to use. Guessing from the > title "21-day Meditation Challenge" and the address of chopra.com, I did a > Google search and found this promos page with an MP3 download: > http://promos.chopra.com/cdcollections/ > I've retitled the subject of this post. If this is not the page that you are > using, please supply the actual URL. You can copy it by using the Command-L > shortcut to move to the address bar of your Safari browser, then use > Command-C to copy. If you switch to your mail application (e.g. with > Command-Tab), you can paste the URL of the web page you are asking about with > Command-V. > > Initially you asked: >>>>>>> I want help figuring out how to play an audio clip from this website. >>>>>>> From:21-Day Meditation Challenge <meditationchalle...@chopra.com> >>>>>>> I can't find the play button. My sighted friend has no problem. Any >>>>>>> help is appreciated. > The relevant section of the web page contained the instructions > <begin quote> > Please click the play button to stream the audio. > If you'd like to download the MP3, the instructions are as follows: > STEP 1: right-click on this download link > STEP 2: (for PCs) after right-clicking , choose " save target as " and save > to your computer. > STEP 2: (for MACs) after right-clicking, choose "save link as" and save to > your computer. > <end quote> > > OK. The first answer on how to play the audio on that page. > 1. Navigate to the download link. You can bring up your web rotor (VO-U) and > set it to "Links" (by simultaneously pressing your up and left arrow keys). > Then arrow down to "this download link" in the links menu and press return. > You can alternatively use item chooser menu (VO-I) to navigate to "this > download link". I typed "d o w" and then arrowed down to the item and > pressed return. Another way to get to exactly that item with item chooser > menu is after typing "d o w", type "l i n k". That will filter out the three > items which contained the word "download" in your item chooser menu to > exactly the one item that also is a link. Then press return to go there. > 2. To play the audio, now that focus is on the link, use VO-Space to play the > audio. If that doesn't work, route your mouse cursor to your VoiceOver cursor > with VO-Command-F5, then click on the link with VO-Shift-Space. That will > open a web page where the mp3 file plays. If you want to pause, rewind, or > otherwise control the player controls, navigate to relevant items in the > video element controller. If for some reason you don't find these controls > coming up immediately, interact with the HTML area (VO-Shift-Down arrow), and > if you need to, interact again with the video element controller toolbar. > > The second question was about how to "right click" with a Mac, and presumably > how to save the downloaded file. > > First, by way of background, Teresa is correct, the "right click" of a mouse > button is meant to bring up a contextual menu. And for the record, I don't > use a mouse either. VoiceOver implements two software commands that > sometimes are used in this situation. One is VO-Space, which means "perform > the default action" for the situation. That could be clicking a button, > activating a link, checking a check box, etc. VO-Shift-Space is a software > definition to produce a mouse click. I specify these as software links > because they only work in VoiceOver, and because there can be situations > where they don't work in apps with problematic accessibility, or web pages > which may be imperfectly coded --- which means that they work in most > situations, but may to exactly adhere to strict coding rules of the web > consortia. > > Max is correct that a "right click" on a mouse is equivalent to a "Control > click" on a Mac -- where that means that with your mouse cursor routed to > your VoiceOver cursor you press the Control key and also click the trackpad. > That's a hardware equivalent -- it always works, regardless of software > coding. Your son, or anyone else, can use that gesture on a Mac in place of > a right click with a mouse button. > > 3. In order to save the linked file as an mp3 file, you need to follow the > instructions on the web page and choose "Save linked file as…" NOT "Save > linked file to Downloads" > > If you follow the web page instructions, you will be able to save the linked > file as an mp3 file. If you don't use "Save linked file as…" but instead use > "Save linked file to Downloads" you will always get the HTML page. This has > nothing to do with VoiceOver accessibility and everything to do with > following instructions -- if you ask your sighted son to choose the "Save > linked file to Downloads", he will also get an HTML file. > > So when you use the contextual menu (VO-Shift-M) on the link, arrow down to > "Save linked file as …" and press return. Alternatively, if you want it to > play the track in iTunes, you can choose "Open with iTunes" -- but you will > not be downloading the actual file, just a pointer to the streamed mp3 file > on the web site that will be added to the iTunes library. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Jul 22, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: > >> hello; i'm sorry. i said sometimes because other times all you get is the >> html link. if it were youtube you could use their new html5 i wish i could >> be more help. take care, max >> On Jul 22, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Mary Scott wrote: >> >>> Okay, I opened the context menu and clicked on save file in downloads. I >>> went to my downloads folder and it saved the html page with the link on it >>> but I still can not get it to play. My son just presses a place on the >>> track pad and it plays. Is there a way to get the track pad to tell me >>> where the triangle is indicates a play button? I am feeling rather >>> frustrated. Mel Thanks for helping me. >>> On Jul 22, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >>> >>>> It means bring up the contextual menu with VO-shift-M. >>>> >>>> hTH, >>>> Teresa >>>> >>>> "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. >>>> Feynman >>>> >>>> On Jul 22, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Mary Scott wrote: >>>> >>>>> Not to sound stupid but when you say "right click" does that mean press >>>>> Enter or VO space bar. I do not use the mouse. >>>>> On Jul 22, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> sometimes you can right click on the link and download the linked file. >>>>>> good luck, max >>>>>> On Jul 22, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Mary Scott wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I discovered how to copy and paste now here's why I wanted it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I want help figuring out how to play an audio clip from this website. >>>>>>> From:21-Day Meditation Challenge <meditationchalle...@chopra.com> >>>>>>> I can't find the play button. My sighted friend has no problem. Any >>>>>>> help is appreciated. Mel If there is a better way for me to have >>>>>>> asked this question, please tell me. Mel >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
