Hi Courtney,
As Rob states, in OS 4.0 you'll be able to use Bluetooth keyboards
and, as I posted earlier today in response to Buddy's post about
ordering the iPad, the iPhone and iPod Touch will also be dockable
with the iPad Keyboard Dock for typing input. We don't know about
voices yet, but the iPad with language rotor in the current OS 3
version doesn't have a male English voice; it just lets you select
between the different English regional voices and voices for other
languages. If you really want a male English voice or the option of
adding a separately purchased voice, you should write to Apple's
accessibility team with your inputs. The address is: [email protected]
Courtney, you might be interested in using the free, Simplenote app,
which will let you type in notes from your Mac that update instantly
to the notes in the Simplenote app. Or, if you're proficient at typing
on the iPod Touch, any notes you enter into Simplenote will update and
be available to you on your Mac without syncing your iPod Touch to
your computer if you use the free, Notational Velocity app for your
desktop. It's not a solution for the problem of typing, but while
you're on your Mac using Notational Velocity, or on any computer using
a web browser to access your free, secure Simplenote web account
through a web interface, anything you type in as notes from the
application on your iPod Touch, Simplenote web account, or through
Notational Velocity if you install it and associate it with your
Simplenote account, will be available to any one of these access
methods. This means, for example, that you could type things in with
your keyboard, then cut and paste from notes you have in your
Simplenote app. It's a lot easier to master using the rotor for cut,
copy, and paste, and using your delete key on the iPod Touch than it
is master keyboard text entry, though you should get comfortable with
that.
Most of these applications are discussed on the viphone list, but I'll
point you to the archived version of a post about Simplenote that I
sent to the Macvisionaries list:
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg16452.html
("Simplenote for notetaking on the iPhone/iPod Touch with automatic
access from your computer'')
The link to the mac-access archived post described there is no longer
available, since they rebuilt their server (completing a move to all
Mac servers), but the post contains some details about the layout of
the app, and links to it at the App Store, and to the Notational
Velocity download site.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
Courtney Curran wrote:
Thanks so much. I'm really looking forward to OS 4.0.
Rob Lambert wrote:
Wait until OS 4.0 They've managed to put languages in their own
section on the rotor, at least on the iPad, so there may be an
English male voice in there, and I'm hoping this will carry over to
the iPod Touch. Also there will be bluetooth keyboard support as
well. OS 4 should be a free upgrade for iPod Touch users. It'll be
out this summer.
Courtney Curran wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering first of all if there is a male, English-speaking
voice for the Ipod touch, if so where should I obtain it? And also
is there such thing as a QWERTY keyboard, bluetooth or otherwise
that works with Ipod touch. It's kind of a pain to type with it,
which is a shame, I'd like to buy apps on it, but I can only type
for about a few minutes without getting frustrated.
Thanks,
Courtney
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