Hi. As far as I know, the last time I checked, the Nano was not supported by rockbox. In fact, it specifically said it wasn't. ----- Original Message ----- From: "constantine (on laptop)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:47 PM Subject: Re: A Question About Ipods
> Yes, rockbox makes the nano a lot more user friendly. I have an ipod video > 30 gb here, but its basically the same thing. > And now that the new rockbox installer is out, no more of that going into > the command prompt; its all done for you, and its very painless. voices > can > be found at: > http://www.tbrn.net/rockbox > the rockbox manual is very intuitive. > They kater to us blind folks. > You have speech output afor files, menu items (pretty much all of them, > except perhaps an alarm- but who would use that). It gives you battery > status information, etc. It lets you specifically set up sound settings. > You > get the option of choosing what the anti-skip buffer is- this basically is > like a portable cd player, with hard drive based models that is. Since the > nano is flash based, no real need for that here- a waiste of battery and > it > wouldn't work anyway. You can choose to shuffle, repeat, or repeat all, as > well as shuffle repeat, and I'm not sure what else. Crossfading and fade > in > and fade out are all options too. You can even make .talk clips painlessly > with the voicebox utility. Basically, while your ipod is plugged into the > pc, you open this utility up, set a few very simple options such as voice > directories or voice file names, and set it if you want it to notify you > when it has finished. Now you choose the drive that your ipod reprisents > (for me it is g, but it can be anything). Now press enter on run, I think > the button is called- and, using your default sapi 5 voice, it will > convert > the spelled out names you'd usually here (for example, dog would be d, o, > g, > very annoying), to full speech. Of course if you don't have sapi 5 this > might be an issue, however, I personally would use e speech. It is free > and > it doesn't sound half bad and, most of all, it can be quite quick if you > have long file names. Its used in the open source screen reader NVDA, > (nonvisual desktop access)if anyone cares to know. > > > hth! > > > Have a good day from Tyler C. Wood! > > contact details: > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: the_conman283 > > system details: > Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc > AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, > Fujitsu > 100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive, connecsant AC-link audio > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DJ DOCTOR P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:30 PM > Subject: A Question About Ipods > > >> Hello List Members, >> I am thinking about getting an ipod. >> The one that I have my mind sat on, is the Apple Nano 8 gig. >> My question is, how user friendly is the Apple Nano for blind people? >> And also, would Rock Box make it more user friendly for me? >> Thanks in advance. >> My best regards. >> John. >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.11/1422 - Release Date: 5/8/2008 > 5:24 PM > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.14/1425 - Release Date: 5/9/2008 > 12:38 PM > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
