If I recall correctly the Nano uses pre-recorded audio files for all
text. Those pre-recorded spoken snippets are generated on your Mac using
your default voiceover voice selection, compressed down to mp3 and then
downloaded to your device. Depending on how many text bits are needed
this could indeed take quite a while the first time. I'm assuming if you
change your voice preference on the Mac it will re-render all the spoken
text recordings and download it all again. That said, Doug is correct
that the iPad, like the iPhone, has enough horsepower to do it's own
real text to speech synthesis and has no need of pre-recorded text audio
snippets.
CB
On 9/18/11 9:01 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote:
You should have no problem syncing the iPad. Voices will not change
because the iPad uses the actual VoiceOver screenreader, not recorded
voice prompts like the previous generation of the iPod Nano.
Doug
Sent from my iPhone
On 2011-09-18, at 4:21 PM, "Traci" <our4p...@gmail.com
<mailto:our4p...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi all,
Ok, I am wimping out on syncing my iPad with the Mac for the first time.
Some of you might know, I have been switching from windows to Mac for
the last few weeks.
I've synced my Nano a few times with mixed results. Last night, I
noticed there were a few non-speaking menus on the Nano. After
changing some settings, I resynced it. This took a long time, over a
half hour. When it was done, Alex was the voice on the Nano. Do you
think I reformatted my Nano, without realizing it? *smile*
This is where I'm getting chicken syncing my iPad.
My original plan was connect the Pad and make sure to transfer any
purchases, then synce it. Can you think of any further steps I
should take?
Thanks all,
Traci
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