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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" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 2:10 PM Subject: Re: A Question About Ipods > High Valiant8086 on laptop, > Which one is? > I am looking for one that is blind user friendly. > I prefer an Ipod that can play uncompressed files. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > Thanks. > John. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valiant8086 (on laptop)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:09 PM > Subject: Re: A Question About Ipods > > >> 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" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> 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. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> 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] > > > > 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. 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