Re: Zoom H1 essential recorder with voice guidance

2024-03-10 Thread Phil Halton
Thank you all for the help. It in fact did come up talking with English plus beep selected. But, I’ve decided to return it. It’s just too cute by half for me with too many buttons and functions and all I need is really a scratch recorder to listen to my guitar/banjo playing. It’s probably a great

Re: Zoom H1 essential recorder with voice guidance

2024-03-10 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Those instructions are exactly correct. But they are predicated on the assumption that when you first enter the menu system you go into the record settings. A previous user may have left the device on a different menu. In which case, those instructions will not quite apply. Nevertheless. They make

Re: Zoom H1 essential recorder with voice guidance

2024-03-10 Thread Michael Babcock
If, for some reason, the voice guidance isn't heard on your H1E, please follow these troubleshooting steps. Number one, turn the device on by pulling the slider switch toward you on the left side of the device holding it for a second and then releasing. You will hear startup sound, even if the

Re: Zoom H1 essential recorder with voice guidance

2024-03-10 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Phil, I bought a brand spanking new Zoom H1 Essential recorder. It does indeed come up talking first thing. Dave's spekulation must be correct. IF your unit did not come up talking, some sighted light dependent person must have turned speech off. I suppose you might use a service like Be

Re: Zoom H1 essential recorder with voice guidance

2024-03-09 Thread Dave Carlson
Phil, >From what I’ve heard, this unit is supposed to come up talking from the very >first turn-on. Then a sighted user can turn that feature off. Wonder if You >got one that was returned after someone disabled speech? Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Woodworker, Musician

Re: Zoom H1 essential recorder with voice guidance

2024-03-09 Thread John Dowling, jr.
Hi Phil, Once you turn it on, voice guide should already begin speaking. Jonathan Mosen has a great review of this recorder on the Blind Podmakers podcast. Just search for the blind pod maker on your podcast app of choice and you should find it. On the face of the recorder, just below the

Re: Zoom H1 essential recorder with voice guidance

2024-03-09 Thread Jed Barton
Let me know how to turn it on. Thought about getting 1. On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 2:52 PM Phil Halton wrote: > I saw this new recorder from Zoom in the 80 guys bulletin and so I picked > one up and it just arrived. Unfortunately the manuals are crap. Although, I > think I can suss out the various

Zoom H1 essential recorder with voice guidance

2024-03-09 Thread Phil Halton
I saw this new recorder from Zoom in the 80 guys bulletin and so I picked one up and it just arrived. Unfortunately the manuals are crap. Although, I think I can suss out the various buttons and such. The problem is knowing how to operate the menu system. I think you first have to go in and