Hi Esther
Thank you so much for your reply. I'll be sure to take a look at the
information you've sent.
With warmest wishes
James
MSN - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skype - saulky1984
On 25 Jul 2008, at 08:46, Esther wrote:
Hi James,
Sorry for the delayed reply, I've been traveling and having difficulty
with mail access. At present I'm using a second generation Nano.
As Darcy said, you can hear the "click" of the settings, and the
menus don't wrap. I do a lot of audiobook listening on my iPod,
so the 8 GB capacity translates to about 40 audiobooks that are
each 12 hours long, or the equivalent time's worth of podcasts.
The nano is smaller in size and capacity, and uses flash memory
instead of a hard drive. You might find using the larger iPod
Classic scroll wheel easier for your hand size. The other difference
is whether you want to keep all your music on the iPod all the
time; if so, the larger iPods are better for you. My guess is that
it may be easier to begin with a model like the older video iPods
that Darcy and Holly have, or with an iPod Classic, but you should
try handling the different models yourself.
Here's a description of the organization of the menus:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304782
(iPod 101: What's On the Menu?)
This may differ on more recent models, but take a look at the
description under the Music menu to get an idea of the
organization. (The music menu is the first item at your topmost
level; you select it by running your finger all the way
counterclockwise
until the clicks stop, and you go to it by pressing the center of
the scroll wheel). Then you get (pasted from the above link):
• Playlists (Music > Playlists > your playlists > songs in the
playlist)
• Artists (Music > Artists > artist's albums > songs on album)
• Albums (Music > Albums > songs on album)
• Songs (Music > Songs > all song titles)
• Podcasts (Music > Podcasts > all podcast episodes)
• Genres (Music > Genres > corresponding artists > artist's albums >
songs on album)
• Composers (Music > Composers > corresponding albums >
corresponding songs on album)
• Audiobooks (Music > Audiobooks > all audiobook titles)
The latest iPods have a last "Search" menu after Audiobooks that
lets you scroll the wheel to select letter by letter and come up with
matching entries in the display. I don't use that <smile>, so for the
Audiobooks menu I scroll to the end of the Music menu entries, and
then go back up one entry. Clockwise scrolling takes you down the
menu list, with a click at each position; counterclockwise scrolling
takes you up a menu list.
Another suggestion to add to Darcy's comments about making
sure to keep your iTunes library entries tagged and organized:
I use the browser (Command-B) to make sure that I don't have variant
spellings of Artists or Albums in my iTunes library. If there are any
typos you'll find more than one entry under Artist or Album. Select
all, do a Get Info (Command-I) and changing the entry for an Album
or Artist name forces all the entries you selected to have the same
value in the field when you save the changes. Toggling on the
browser to get listings of music by Genre, Artist, or Album (and
drill down by selecting any combinations of these selection items)
is a great way to search for items (along with or in addition to the
search text field), and also to check your tags. This method
would pick up cases where someone typed an extra space between
the words of a title in just one entry, for example.
Also, if you use playlists, and want to make sure that a certain
playlist appears first in the list, put a character like a minus sign
in front of the playlist name. This will make it appear ahead of
any playlists that start with a letter in an alphabetic sort. Using
playlists that you create is another way to access your music or
other iTunes content such as podcasts or audiobooks. Again,
notice that playlists are the first item on the Music menu.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
On July 20, 2008, at 02:17AM, James Austin wrote:
Thanks Esther, Do you use IPods if so, how do you use yours?
Warmest wishes
James
On 20 Jul 2008, at 01:57, Esther wrote:
Hi Darcy, Simon, and James,
I think Will is talking about this product from Cobolt Systems in
the UK:
http://www.cobolt.co.uk/news.asp
I've pointed to the news page that lists the I-Tell, with a price of
59.95
pounds. Here's the excerpt:
<begin excerpt>
NEW & NOW IN STOCK!!
I-TELL
Make your iPod talk.
Blind Dave Heeley completed an amazing achievement in April 2008 by
completing 7 marathons, on 7 continents, in 7 days. Whilst
preparing for the challenge of a lifetime, Dave contacted us. We had
already been working on the I-Tell and felt it was the perfect
opportunity to test the product, which enabled Dave to run and have
free reign over controlling his iPod without assistance. In Dave
Heeley’s words; "An iPod is just as useful in the box without the
help of the I-Tell. It makes an iPod menu a real menu and the I-Tell
allows the iPod to spring into life for me, thanks to Cobolt. The I-
Tell is fantastic!!!”.
Price of the I-Tell £59.95
Please click on the link below for further information
<end excerpt>
and the pasted content from the PDF file at the link is:
<begin PDF excerpt>
• Simply plugs into your iPod.
• Earphones plug into the I-Tell.
• Control your iPod using the I-Tell.
• Connect other devices to your iPod whilst using the I-Tell, ie.
radio transmitter or charger.
• Removable belt clip.
• 5 main control buttons work in a similar way to your iPod.
• Volume controlled by 2 additional buttons on the I-Tell.
• Powered by the iPod.
• Compatible with most iPod’s which have a docking connector.
• Adjustable voice style, voice speed and gaps between words.
COBOLT SYSTEMS LTD The Old Mill House, Mill Road, Reedham, Norwich,
Norfolk, NR13 3TL
Tel: 01493 700172 Fax: 01493 701037 Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.cobolt.co.uk
COBOLT SYSTEMS LTD
I-Tell
Make your iPod talk. NEW NEW
A unique, innovative and exciting product, which enables your
existing iPod to announce your stored artists, album titles, song
titles and also audio books.
<end PDF excerpt>
Cheers,
Esther
On July 19, 2008, at 10:32AM, Darcy Burnard wrote:
Is this Itell a new product? I've not heard of it before.
Darcy
On 19-Jul-08, at 1:34 PM, will lomas wrote:
use an i tell from cobolt
i think you can use the click wheel on the actual i pods but they
can be tricky the I tell lets you hear
track names
genres
albums etc
through a small device you plug into the bottom of the I Pod
On 19 Jul 2008, at 18:33, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Could I also ask for such a description of how to navigate an
Ipod
without sight? I have been thinking of getting one too, having
seen
how small they are. Could one access and create folders without
sight and navigate confidently through them?
Simon
On 19 Jul 2008, at 17:40, James Austin wrote:
Hi folks,
I am thinking of getting an IPod. I wonder if folks could please
EMail me off list to explain how they find navigating and/or
accessing their IPods with no sight?
Thanks
With warmest wishes
James
