Lauren this is true, but do keep in mind that without a PC or mac, the nano is useless anyway since you need to load music onto it.
Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lauren Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 9:45 a.m. To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Itunes 8 now accessible Does this mean you cannot use the device without a PC? It will not speak menus when you want to choose the songs, etc. on the device itself? Sincerely, Lauren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:37 PM Subject: RE: Itunes 8 now accessible > Hi Stephen, I have not played with one so am going based on what I've > read, > but it appears that what happens is that when your nano is connected to > your > PC or Mac, a scan is made for all albums and songs on your nano. Using > your > default system voice, say RealSpeak Daniel in SAPI 5 as an example, files > are generated for every artist, song and album. These are then copied to > your Nano so that as you move through the menus, albums and tracks, you > can > hear what these tracks are. So this is quite different from having real > text > to speech on the device itself, and emulates what the guys at Rockbox gave > us quite some time ago, but is still commendable nonetheless. > > Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Stephen Guerra > Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 8:18 a.m. > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Itunes 8 now accessible > > Jonathan, so, when you have the new Nano hooked up to your pc, it feeds > off > the TTS you are running and loads it on to the Nano, or am I way off. > > Does the Nano require you to install software to have speech? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:56 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Itunes 8 now accessible > > Alex and all, the new iPod Nanos are sort of accessible but do not use > text > to speech. They use the technique Rockbox has used for around 5 years, > where > they use your default system voice on your PC/Mac to create files that > live > on the nano to announce menus, albums and songs. > > In terms of iTunes in Windows, iTunes 8 has implemented extensive use of > Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA). Because of this, JAWS will be able > to > work well out of the box with iTunes once we enable MSAA support for > iTunes > in the next public beta of JAWS 10. I have just been testing this today > and > am able to use the iTunes Music Store, the Radio feature and many others. > Apple have done a good job here. > > Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Alex Stone > Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 6:53 a.m. > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Itunes 8 now accessible > > Lauren, According to the Apple website the latest IPod is accessible, but > I > haven't seen one, so I don't know. > Cheers > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Lauren > Sent: 10 September 2008 19:11 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Itunes 8 now accessible > > If Itunes is accessible now, which Ipod is accessible as well? > > > Sincerely, > > Lauren > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:33 AM > Subject: Itunes 8 now accessible > > >> Subject line says it all, both for Windows and Mac. >> >> >> -- >> Dane Trethowan >> From Melton Victoria Australia >> mailto:"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> phone (+61 3) 9005 8589 >> Fax (+61 3) 9743 7954 >> Mobile/SMS (+61 418) 773 532 >> MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> skype callto:grtdane12 >> >> ****************************** >> >> >> Jonathan Mosen List Founder >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
