Ah, thanks Jim! After I hit the send button, I thought about that and figured I must have been missing something. After all, you need to be able to get Rockbox onto the iPod in the first place!
Jim Noseworthy wrote: > Christopher: > > Your comments are, essentially, correct. The Nano can be accessed as a > drive; however, only as a storage device -- that is to say, that you cannot > play files that you place on the Nano in that manor. > > Cheers. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:23 PM > Subject: Re: talking ipod and Itunes > > > >> You said a few things which don't agree with my understanding. >> >> The only iPod's currently supported by Rockbox are "Apple: 1st through >> 5.5th generation iPod, iPod Mini and 1st generation iPod Nano (not the >> Shuffle, 2nd/3rd gen Nano, Classic or Touch)." Of course, other brands >> of MP3 players are supported by Rockbox, and you can find the list at >> the rockbox.org site. >> >> The way the speech works on rockbox, is that you use a utility on your >> PC to create voice tags. This uses the speech synthesizer to create >> voice clips for letters, numbers, menu options, file names and directory >> names. It's my understanding that this is almost identical to what you >> get with the new iPod Nano and iTunes 8. >> >> Finally, I don't think an iPod shows up as harddrive when you plug it >> into the USB port. I don't have an iPod myself, so I can't check for >> sure. I think you need to purchase another utility, like Anapod Explorer >> to get this feature. >> >> Steve Matzura wrote: >> >>> I can't answer your question, but just to set you straight on >>> something, iPods and iTunes have both been accessible for years. Ever >>> heard of Rockbox? It's a free piece of software that you install onto >>> your iPod, almost like installing a program onto your computer. All >>> menus are accessible, and files and folders of content are spelled >>> rather than spoken in whole words because the iPod itself, not being a >>> real computer, isn't capable of running the kind of software required >>> for text to speech applications. OK, so how does Rockbox speak the >>> menus? A very old but proven technology called stored vocabulary, >>> where phonetic portions of words are strung together to make whole >>> words and phrases. You can load music onto an iPod by plugging in to >>> a USB port on your computer and it appears as just another disk drive, >>> or you can use iTunes together with a snazzy set of JAWS scripts from >>> Brian Hartgen/T&T Consulting, or you can wait for JAWS version 10 to >>> come out and use their supplied scripts with the just- or >>> soon-to-be-released iTunes version 8. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:22:59 -0700, you wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hello listers, >>>> I recently have been hearing about the new talking ipod and Itunes 8. >>>> Ware and how can I purchase these two items? I haden't gotten >>>> interested in either of these because they were not accessible. But >>>> now that they are, I want to findout every thing there is to knowabout >>>> them. Thanks >>>> Michael >>>> >>>> Jonathan Mosen List Founder >>>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>> Jonathan Mosen List Founder >>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Christopher >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Jonathan Mosen List Founder >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
