Re: i pod on mac

[Scott Howell]

No, my point isn't to do with VoiceOver at all. The fact you can copy  
mp3s to the Ipod and circumvent Itunes, you'd need Rockbox. My point  
is that if you use the stock firmware that is installed on the Ipod,  
you need Itunes, Itunes builds the database that the Ipod recognizes.  
Regardless of what os or computer you connect the Ipod to has nothing  
to do with the ability to copy the mp3s. You can put the Ipod in disk  
mode and copy any type of file you wish to it. You need Rockbox in  
order to play mp3s and have an accessible interface. As far as having  
the file names spoken, you would have to create little mp3 files that  
the Rockbox firmware reads. These small mp3 files are named something  
like track1.mp3.toc and this tells the Rockbox firmware that it  
should play the track1.mp3.toc when you navigate to track1.mp3. This  
is just a mp3 file with a recorded name stored in it. This is a  
script which is generated on the machine either prior to placing the  
content on the Ipod or after you've put the content on there. THe  
point is Rockbox won't read the names, it'll either number or spell  
the files and directories it encounters. The files with the .toc  
extention only trigger the firmware to play these to tell you what  
file is associated with that track name or directory. Does that make  
sense? grin
Oh it does work, but its a pain having to do all that. I'd rather the  
damned Ipod just have the ability to read the menus and file/ 
directory names out of the box. Hey, a VO-based Ipod, there's an idea  
now get busy Apple and get the job done. grin

Scott
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