We're being very subjective here, some hard drive machines - take the early Iriver machines for example - ran LYNUX whilst I suspect that many machines out there run a custom operating system on a chip so bang goes any idea of anything similar to Rockbox.
Take the Iphone for example, it runs its own operating system so developers have to tap into that. On 04/04/2010, at 9:33 PM, DJ DOCTOR P wrote: > High Robert, > I always thought that those digital recorders with hard drives could run some > kind of screen reading software, but the guy in my loco music store, says it > can't be done. > So I invited that guy to come to my house, I showed him my computer. > He says, "but John, you can't see your screen. > How do you use your computer?" > I said to him, "just listen!" > I booted it up and just let it do its thing. > He told me that he had never seen a talking computer before. > I told him a little about Jaws and what it does. > Then I said, "now, if computers can be made to read their screens to blind > people, then why not the digital recorders, especially the ones that have > hard drives?" > Am I right in thinking, it's the same concept? > My best regards. > John. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert doc Wright" > <[email protected]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 7:15 AM > Subject: Re: digital multi track recorder > > >> as I mentioned in a question I asked in an earlier post. It would seem that >> those digital recorders that have hard drives would be able to use a form of >> rockbox. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Gordon" <[email protected]> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 8:01 AM >> Subject: digital multi track recorder >> >> >>> >>> one thing i was thinking, having a voice on a multitrack recorder i wouldnt >>> think would be that difficult because it could be a chip. and tascam could >>> have a option to turn it on or off. then the recorder could be used by >>> anyone. they wouldnt have to worry about having a model that is for the >>> blind only. it could be incorperated into a standard version or model. >>> >>> hopefully the companies will address this. whoever does they will sell a >>> ton of them. >>> >>> >>> Cd/Dvd Duplication & Custom Printing >>> >>> Customer Service >>> >>> Les Gordon >>> Phone: (267)329-8150 >>> email: [email protected] >>> web: http://www.cdrdvdr.com >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
