Hi. Ok I stand corrected, nano works. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Re: A Question About Ipods
Well, there's no need to guess, just go to rockbox.org and right on the front page it says the following with respect to supported players: • Apple: 1st through 5.5th generation iPod, iPod Mini and 1st generation iPod Nano (not the Shuffle, 2nd/3rd gen Nano, Classic or Touch) I don't use the Nano myself, but based on this I think there are at least some versions of the Nano that are supported by rockbox. Remember that Rockbox is a moving target, so to know which players are supported, go to the source and check the Rockbox web site. Rockbox does support some lossless (uncompressed) formats. Again, off the Rockbox page at WhyRockbox, http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WhyRockbox, it says: Support for over 15 Sound Codecs, including OGG and FLAC MP3 and WAV. Obviously, FLAC and WAV are lossless formats. I assume most of the harddrive based players will support lossless formats, but best to check if you're going to use the native firmware. The Zen Stone, which is not a hard drive based player, doesn't support any lossless formats. I believe the Sansa does support lossless formats, but like I said, if you're not going to use Rockbox, best to check with the manufacturer's documentation. Good luck! DJ DOCTOR P wrote: > 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. 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" <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] > > > -- Christopher [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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