Downloading Music

[woodelf]

I like to be able to play my CDs "out in the open" so to speak and not be constricted by having to wear headphones, so I'm wondering if someone in AB land could write me out a simple idiot guide as to how I would download music from, say, iTunes and if I have to download onto my PC, can I then copy to a normal CD? Ta Muchly and sorry for the length of the question.

[ChillDoubt]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZZkkZKdLU

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlDunZqBLhM

[ChillDoubt]

Sorry, first one didn't post for some reason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXXVRJEaLUs

[tamborine]

download itunes here to open account. u buy each song that downloads to your pc & you can copy to CD.

http://download-new.com/lp/apple-itunes/MTQ1MTU2Mzk0MF81Mjk4YTQ5MDU5ODdl/?kw=itunes%20download

[daffy654]

I think woodelf requires that this be written out so that he can use a text to voice program. I seem to remember that woodelf is either blind or has very limited sight.

[ChillDoubt]

But also, why bother with making your own CD's?

Buy an iPod and get an iTrip FM transmitter or a bluetooth speaker.

[woodelf]

That's right Daffy, I'm total and also a total techno duffer and I also have four CD players and I know nowt about i-this or i-that and a simple guide would be handy - Tambo, I couldn't find any info about how to pay etc, even though download software was free, as far as that mean anything!

[ChillDoubt]

woodelf,
I'd suggest getting an iPod Touch 5th generation and use an iTrip or Bluetooth speaker.
I say this because you can then make great use of the Siri feature, which I believe might make things a lot easier for you.

[Fitzer]

Hi Woodelf, I don't know how well any of this will translate for the unsighted but here goes,

Go to www.apple.com/itunes/download this will allow you to download the latest version of itunes for your computer (it automatically detects your operating system)
Install the software
Once installed you need to create an account with Apple to allow you to purchase music, you should be able to do this by selecting store from the top menu and following the prompts. You will need to attach a credit card to the account and this is how you pay for things.
Once you have done that you can purchase your music via the itunes store and they will download to your computer.
Once on your computer you can listen to them from there or create an audio cd. To create a cd you select the tracks you want and right click, one of the options should be create an audio cd (or something similar), select the option, put a blank cd in your cd burner and you should be good to go, this is known as burning a cd by the way.
You can also load your current cds into itunes (this is known as ripping), if you load an audio cd when itunes is running it should automatically detect it and ask if you wish to import it, it is important whilst doing this that you are connected to the internet so that itunes can match your cd against a database to identify it and name the tracks correctly (downloaded music will already have this information).
You could then create new cds by selecting tracks from multiple albums and then burning those.
Whilst taking a look for a guide for blind people to use itunes I came across the following http://www.blindtunes.net/ it seems to be some code written by a blind guy in the States to make using itunes easier or better for the blind, I have no association with him and no idea if it's any good.
Anything else I'll try to help but I'm assuming you use Windows and I use a Mac so there may be differences.
You should also be able to import downloaded music from other sources (Amazon for instance) into itunes and burn cds in the same way but I can't vouch for that as I've never done it.
Good luck

Ian

[woodelf]

Blimey Ian, what an incredible and comprehensive answer and I was able to read all of it and Many Thanks too for that blind link -- is there anywhere better than AB land?...No!