Dear Mitch Interesting. I had not thought of this. In theory this can be done on any MP3 player. I have not listened to the pod cast but to do what you want to do will require you I think to either;
1. Record yourself or somebody reading out the folder name as a file on your PC or digital Dictaphone. There are various ways of doing this on a PC using software like Gold wave or you could simply use the Windows Sound Recorder. I believe the Zen will play the Wav file created from sound recorder. Sound Recorder is in the Entertainment group which is in the Accessories part of Programs group on the Start Menu. Or 2. If you do not have a microphone handy Use a text to speech utility like Kurzweil, TextAloudMP3 to create an a small MP3 file reading out the name of the folder. There are quite a few free utilities that can do this as well. The Jaws User and blind computing website has programs you can download to do this. Once you have created your sound file with the folder name you must copy it into the relevant folder on the Zen stone. To ensure this is the first file you hear when you play this folder you should name or rename this sound file so that it is always the first file played. Something like 000_books.mp3 should do the trick. The Zen Stone plays by default files in alphanumeric order. You can rename folders to achieve the same ordering. So 01Books, 02Music, 03Radio will ensure that folders play in order on the Zen Stone. Of course the sound recording you make does not have to be exactly the same as the filename. So you could record yourself saying *This is my music folder and save this file as 000_music.wav into your Zen Stone Music folder and this should work fine. Remember this may not work if you put the Stone in shuffle or random mode. Regards David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mich Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2007 23:23 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about Naming Folders in thezenstonemp3player hi David Many Thanks for this info. What I was wondering though I should have been a bit more clearer. In The podcast that talks about this player. The person who is talking about it and demonstrating it when he terns on the player he has a recording of his voice saying what each folder is and he has placed that at the start of the folder to indicate what folder it was that he was in. That is what I would like to know is how to recoard your voice saying say music and then use the zen stoan to go to the folder when it reaches the folder it says music for instence and then you know where you are. I am not talking about when it is hooked up to the pc. I hope this helps clear up what I was trying to say. If not then go to the blind cool teck podcast sight and find the podcast that talks about the zen stoan and you will know what i meen. from Mich Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Question about Naming Folders in the zenstonemp3player > Dear Mitch > > The Zen Stone is accessible as it has no screen which is a great > equaliser. > . It is a good solid MP3 player and all you need to do is plug it > into your PC where it will appear as a drive in My computer. Simply > copy across MP3 or wma files and these will be played in the Zen > Stone. A nice feature is that position hold is rock solid. Even after > connecting to a PC the Zen will resume playing where it was paused. > Not true of all players at all. > > You do not have to create folders to play your MP3 or wma files but if > you want to you create folders and rename them as in any other part of > explorer. > > Specifically > Windows key +E to open Explorer > Press Tab once to go into folder view. > Press Z to go to Zen Stone > Press enter > To create a folder press alt then F then W and then F again. > Type in the name of the folder and press enter. > To rename any folder press F2 whilst that folder is highlighted and > type in the new name. > > Hope this is what you wanted. > > Regards > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mich > Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2007 18:26 > To: blind-computing @jaws-users.com > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Question about Naming Folders in the > zenstone mp3player > > Hi all. I just downloaded and listened to the bct podcast about the > zenstone > mp3 player. In the podcast the person doing the podcast talked a bit > about how to name your folders be for putting them in to the zenstone > mp3 player. > What I would like to know is how would you do this? The way it was dun > in the podcast was he had a recording of him self saying what folder it was. > He > didn't go in to how to accomplish this task though. How to ricord your > voice I mean and have it play at the beginning of a folder or to have > it be the name of the folder. Many Thanks for any help that any one > can give me on this topic. I do not have one of these players but I > have put it on my Christmas list and so that is why I am asking. from > Mich Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > subject or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > subject or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
