The library is one of the most useful things about Rhapsody. I use it all the time, but it is really a job to do. With the scripting power of JFW though, I would think someone could come up with a good script. I'm using Window-eyes, but the two screen readers have most of the capabilities to handle Rhapsody.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:00 AM Subject: Terri: Making Rhapsody Work >I respect your desire to download music legally. Rhapsody is > partially accessible and can work for you with a little trial and > error. You must know how to use your screenreader though, or you will > become frustrated very quickly. I don't mean this to sound rude. I'm > serious about it though because it takes some time, patience, and > skill to make this or a program like Napster work properly. I use > Jaws, so that is what I will describe. Scripting could make this > program dance, but I don't know how to do it. If what I've said > doesn't make sense, let me know and we can try going through it over > Skype if you like. > > First, load Rhapsody and go into the Jaws configuration manager to > make a file for Rhapsody. This will make your life easier. Go to the > HTML settings and go to the tab about headings and frames. Make sure > it announces that you're entering and leaving frames and that it > speaks headings for you. Under the misc tab, make sure it reads > element attributes and also turn off flash movies. Save the config > file and you're ready to have a go at this. > > Once Rhapsody is installed and you sign in, your PC cursor won't move > around. Route your Jaws cursor to pc and begin reading the screen > with your Jaws cursor. Once you see something that says browse genres > or staff picks, click on that with the Jaws key for the left mouse > button. This will bring the window into focus and will put it all in > the virtual cursor. After that, you can read the site like a web > page. If you have to tab away from the Rhapsody window to answer a > message or something, you will have to repeat this step to get Jaws > to read in virtual cursor mode again. > > Now that it's reading like a web page, you can search for songs or > artists, or you can browse genres just like on a web site. Once you > find a song you want to listen to, you have two choices. Above the > song title, you will find two graphical buttons. One says play and > the other says download. Playing is easiest for us. If you want to > download songs, choose download and let a few minutes go by. You > cannot see the download progress with Jaws, and the Rhapsody library > is only marginally useful. The solution to playing downloaded music > is to use Windows Media Player to actually listen to your downloaded > tunes. By default, Rhapsody puts your downloaded music in your My > Music folder in the My Documents folder on your machine. Once you've > downloaded to your heart's content, exit Rhapsody and load Media > Player to sort or play your tunes. > > > > Monica > Visit my blog at: http://plumlipstick.livejournal.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
