Hi Søren,
They're in the area that is where the formerly inaccessible iTunes
Store used to be; though Shane's right that this area is first flagged
as and unknown tab. There is actually a way to change your iPod name
if you mistype it in the middle of the process by double-clicking on
it in the Sources Table and typing in a new name. More bits from my
post on the 4G Nano that was bounced for excessive length:
• Manuals and Documents from the Apple:
General instructions for Enabling Spoken Menus on the iPod Nano (4th
Generation) for both Mac and Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2961
The Nano 4G user guide manual
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_nano_4th_gen_UserGuide.pdf
• Registering your iPod after it is connected
1. The registration process is completely accessible: You connect
your iPod and the device gets focus in the source table as "iPod".
Stop interacting and VO-right twice to pass the splitter to the
"Welcome to Your New iPod" message and start the registration process.
Read through the screens, VO-right to press the "Continue" button.
1a. You'll have to read and agree to the software license agreement
and check the box below the agreement that says you have read and
agree to the iPod software license agreement before you can press
"Continue". You also have the option of pressing a button to save a
copy of the agreement.
1b. You then need to either create an iTunes Account or input your
Apple ID if you already have an account that you use at the iTunes
Store. If you don't have an Apple ID because you haven't used the
iTunes Store before, you'll have to create an account, and specify
your country. You need to specify where you live to determine which
(country's) iTunes Store you connect to by default. This is determined
by the location of your credit card billing address.
1c. You'll need to fill out address and contact information for your
registration. The iPod serial number is automatically read and filled
in for this screen.
1d. You'll be prompted to set up your iPod with a device name (e.g.
My iPod) and are offered check boxes for automatically syncing songs
to the iPod or automatically adding photos to the iPod. I checked the
first (auto-sync songs) box, but I'd recommend leaving both boxes
unchecked, since you can configure this (and control the content you
want sync'd) at a later stage. VO-right and press (VO-space) the
"Done" button.
• Selecting the language
The most important accessibility related tip is how to select the
language for your nano 4G the first time you use it because this menu
is NOT spoken. Move your finger around the scroll wheel all the way
counterclockwise until you can't hear any more clicks. That will put
you at the setting for English (U.S.), and you can select it by
pressing the center ("Select") button of the Scroll wheel. The next
position (one click clockwise from this) is supposed to be English
(U.K.), which is appearing as a separate selection for the first time
with the 4G model. Do not try to use any other settings, or your 4G
Nano will not talk.
• Transferring Content to the Nano
The easy way to transfer tracks to the 4G Nano is to use semi-
automatic sync. This is where you have the iPod sync to only those
playlists you have checked. After you've selected the iPod in the
source table and stopped interacting, VO-right twice to go past the
splitter and navigate to the Summary page for the iPod. Interact (VO-
Shift-Down Arrow). Then VO-Right Arrow to the Music tab and select it
(VO-space). On the music tab you'll find a checkbox for "Sync music"
which I have checked. Then, there are two radio button options.
Choose the "Selected playlists" radio button (VO-space) instead of the
"All songs and playlists" radio button. Then VO-right to the table of
playlists and interact. You're going to have a scrolling table, so I
would suggest that when you make up your iPod playlists, you create a
folder in your Source Table and move all your playlists to that
folder. That will guarantee that the playlists in your folder will be
listed first in the table, since folders are placed before smart
playlists and regular playlists. This will also help you keep track
of the active playlists on your 4G Nano. Just make sure your folder is
expanded. There are also check boxes to Include music videos and
Display album artwork on your iPod.
However, let's assume you have playlists (maybe outside the folder)
that you want transfer to the iPod. They'll all appear in the table
and you can check the playlists you want to select (with VO-shift-
Space). This is a scrolling table, and to get to the later entries
you may have to interact with the scroll bar (VO-Shift-S to start
scrolling, then use your down arrow key. Exit scrolling mode with
Escape). Then continue to check any of your playlists.
VO-Right to the "Apply" or "Cancel" button to select (VO-Space) your
choices before leaving this page.
There are separate pages for Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Photos,
Contacts, and Games. In each case, VO-Right arrow and select the tab
(VO-space), then VO-right-arrow into the page selectively check the
content you wish to sync. The podcasts and TV Shows tabs have popup
buttons that allow you also to select on the basis of "unplayed",
"Last <number specified> Episodes", etc. as well as using check boxes
for the selections. I'm not used to checking each of these pages for
sepearate criteria, but the current 4G nano lets you fine-tune your
selective syncs. In each case VO-right to the "Apply" or "Cancel"
button to register your selections.
Create a folder called "iPod Playlists" in the source list, and use
VoiceOver's drag and drop to move one or more playlists into the
folder. The action is exactly the same as what you will perform when
you drag and drop playlists onto the iPod. Music and audiobook tracks
or playlists dropped onto the iPod this way will update the iPod's
library database
(The commands for moving playlists to the folder with drag and drop
were separately posted).
Cheers,
Esther
P.S. If you hook up your iPod via the LineIn freebie program from
Rogue Amoeba and crank up the volume you can listen to it sync
(there's a certain hum of activity when it does it). I didn't do this
until after I finished my setup, but I probably could have done so.
Instead, I used VoiceOver to move up to the player status window in
iTunes and moved off and on so that I could hear the progress of the
sync (in terms of downloading materials and status messages). You can
also start using the wheel, etc. while the iPod continues to charge
as it's connected to your Computer.
On Sep 19, 2008, at 5:56 AM, Søren Jensen wrote:
Hi Shane.
Are these settings added to Itunes when you connect an Ipod? I can't
find it in Itunes.
Best regards
Søren Jensen
Mail & MSN:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website:
http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
On 19/09/2008, at 08.26, Shane Jackson wrote:
When you get your new Nano, you hook it up to Itunes, register it,
and let it sync. While it is syncing, interact with the scroll
area that says "ipod settings," and then VO right-arrow over to the
checkbox that says "enable spoken menus." That's all there is to
it. Hit apply and you just wait till it finishes. Hope that helps.
On Sep 18, 2008, at 11:41 PM, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote:
another question i have is how do i get it to start talking? is it
wrongo f me to persume that once i sink it, i can un plug it and
it will talk to me?
hm
On Sep 18, 2008, at 8:38 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
Hi
Well that makes a great promotional, but could someone write
about how well it actually works? What we can expect when we
purchase it, bugs, purks, of course it talks but what else is
there to know about it.
I have been wanting to try one of these things out for a while
now but can't seem to figure out how as you have to set it up
through your itunes library and you won't find any such unit at
an apple store.
One interesting thing I did notice about the nano is that if it
is playing music and you start to move through the menus, the
music volume gets cut in half, presumably so that speech may be
heard. Pretty cool, but again, no experience actually using the
speech.
Regards
Justin Harford
On Sep 18, 2008, at 9:22 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Thanks go to Shane Jackson for his review of the iPod Nano 4G
and its speaking interface. You can read the review at this link:
http://www.lioncourt.com/shake-shuffle-and-roll/
Josh de Lioncourt
...my other mail provider is an owl...
Shane Jackson
Vestavia Hills, Alabama, USA.
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