Hi Doc, I don't have Itunes on my computer, and Anapod works fine. Arthur barney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:27 PM Subject: Re: "any accessable program for I Pod shovel?
> Here is more information if you decide to get the anapod explorer. > I chose not to install iTunes directly afterwords. You'll want to do this, > especially if you'll be using alternative software to transfer your files. > Like > others have said on the list, for some unknown reason, iTunes must be > present on your system in order for everything to work. Without it > installed, Anapod > Explorer wouldn't even find my iPod. > Windows found it, but not Anapod. > One very perplexing thing in all this. In order to continue with the > install > of your iPod software, the instalation program is going to ask for the 11 > digit > serial number found on the box for your iPod. Write this number down, > because you're going to need it. The other problem I had with this, at > least > with > JAWS 6, is that when it presents this dialogue, the edit box to type the > number into is not immediately available. The only way i was able to get > it > typed > in is to have sighted help moving the mouse to the specific spot on the > screen so that JAWS would find the focus in the edit field. You can then > type in > the serial number and continue with the install. > > So, after this, you just install the iPod updater software, at which time, > it should tell you if your iPod needs to be formatted. Mine didn't need to > be, > but the updater program will let you re-initialize the iPod if you need to > do it. If all goes well with this, then it's time to install the iTunes > software. > You may be asked to reboot when you're finished. If you are, please do so. > When you come back up, you'll probably be asked to register your iPod with > Apple. > You'll want to do that, in case you run into any technicle problems, and > they can find your information in their database a little easier. Just > connect > your iPod to your computer via the USB Port if you haven't already done > so, > and follow the onscreen prompts and > you'll first give your iPod a name and set a few other preferences. > Now, open up iTunes, and go to the edit menu. You'll need to use your > screenreader's review cursor a lot for this, but it can most certainly be > done. Once > in the edit menu, choose preferences. You'll want to make sure that the > setting for iTunes to load when this iPod is connected is not! checked. so > uncheck > that box, and in the iPod tab, make sure you check the box for disc use > mode. there'll be a dialogue that comes up letting you know that doing > this > makes > it like a drive in windows, but this is ok so just press the ok button. > > After that, you can install Anapod explorer. All of the default settings > it > gives you are fine, so there probably isn't much of a need to change any > of > them. When you install it, you'll want to go to your system tray. you > should > see an item there that says, Anapod Manager iPod shuffle. Press enter and > from the menu, choose the item that says, connect iPod shuffle. This > prepares the Shuffle and the computer to send data back and forth. Now, > here's the > really important part. Now, you're ready to transfer data to your shuffle. > To do this, locate any music you'd like to copy to your shuffle. So go to > the > directory where your music is and do a simple copy operation there. Note > that if you have the trial version of Anapod, it'll only let you copy one > song > at a time. This lets you at least figure out if it'll work for you. Ok, > now > that you've copied your track or tracks to your clipboard, it's time to > paste > them. I learned through experience that it's important to paste the tracks > in a specific place, rather than just in the route directory of the drive > itself. > You can do this til the end of time and it won't work. So, instead, open > up > Anapod Explorer via the context menu in the system tray icon menu and > arrow > down to the part of the tree that says,iPod shuffler. The item we're > actually interested in is in this section and is called shuffle memory. > Arrow down > one time to get to this. On some systems you may have to press enter to > get > the song list to appear, but on mine curiously, i only had to press the > tab > key. and maybe it's just my system in particular, but for some strange > reason, JAWS would not read the list viw to me unless i did a bit of > cursor > routing. > But after that, you should be able to paste your tracks there. so go ahead > and do that now. if you read your status line, you'll be able to tell how > fast > the files are transfering and if there's space on the shuffle being taken > up > by the files. these are good indicators to tell if you're doing it > correctly. > Eventually your transfer will complete, hopefully successfully! So now, > you'll have to go back to the system tray, choose anapod manager again and > press > enter on disconnect iPod shuffle. This indicates that the file transfers > are > over. Now, you'll also need to remove your shuffle from the computer. > Don't > just yank it out of the USB port though. First, go back to the anapod > manager menu and choose eject iPod shuffle and then after a few seconds > you'll get > a dialogue box saying that the operation is complete and it's safe to > remove > the player. so press the space bar to make it go away. Now it's ok to > remove > it from the USB port, so go ahead and do that. Don't forget to replace the > piece of plastic that goes on top of the USB port. Now, find your > headphones > and plug them in. > > You'll need to turn your shuffle on, next. on the under side you'll find a > switch that has 3 different positions. Move this switch one place forward > for > the shuffle to be turned on and in shuffle mode. move it once more to have > it in regular mode. Now that it'son, press the play button, which you'll > find > on top of the player, it's the round circular button there. Hold it down > for > about 5 seconds. If you hear music, you're good to go! You can adjust the > volume by pressing the buttons just above and below the play button. to > switch tracks, the button to the right moves you forward and the one to > the > left > moves you back. Holding these buttons down will let you fast forward or > rewind within a track. The only real complaint I have about the shuffle is > its > lack of controls to adjust the sound. On my awesome $35 radio shack > headphones, this thing sounded really tinny. Not a lot of bass or trebble, > but the > sound was certainly good enough when you're out and about. I think of it > as > the no-frills iPod. In fact it's the cheepest of all of them. and wouldn't > you know it, just as an aside, I bought it last Thursday for around $150 > at > Target, and today I found out that Apple just dropped the price of it by > $30. > That always seems to happen, oh well. In any case, I hope this helps a > perspective, or new iPod shuffle user get going. > > ****************************** > > File not found ! Should I fake it ? (Y/N) > robert Doc Wright > http://www.wrightplaceinc.net > Audio web page > http://jookbox.homeftp.net:81 > > msn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "AZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:48 AM > Subject: "any accessable program for I Pod shovel? > > > Hi there everybody,I've got this I pod shovel which came with I tune > media > software to upload music files to that I pod shovel but it is awfully > difficult to arrange things with jaws screen reader, Do any of you know > any > other software which could do that very job for me without any sighted > assistance? Please and Thanx. > Best > AZ > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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