Yes, this is what the nano will do. Jonathan
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lauren Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:06 p.m. To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Itunes 8 now accessible Hi, Is there an Ipod that after you download the songs using a PC that you can take on the road and have it be accessible? Sincerely, Lauren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:48 PM Subject: Re: Itunes 8 now accessible > Sounds very nice. Thanks for the information. > > Rick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:42 PM > Subject: RE: Itunes 8 now accessible > > > Hi Rick, it depends on what else you're doing. On my N82, I get about > 10-12 > hours of continuous music on a plane, that is to say when the phone > functions aren't running. It's less when they are, and less again if you > have WiFi active. Some of the new Nokia phones offer over 24 hours of > music > playback though. > > Another advantage of going with the Nokia phones is their built-in support > for podcasting. I was in a meeting in another city a couple of days ago. > On > my way to the airport, I used a HSDPA connection to download a bunch of > podcasts and catch up with the news in-flight. The podcast client > remembers > your place in each podcast. > > There is a DAISY player for Symbian as well, so you can read newspapers > from > Newsline etc on it. > > The N82 will also play Audible content. > > And even though I don't have one of the phones with longer music playback > time because I use the KNFB Reader which only works on the N82 for now, I > have a tiny device with me that is a 3400 MA battery, allowing me to > charge > the phone 3 times. The battery in turn then charges via a wall outlet or > USB > port. So for me, carrying an iPod, a Stream, or whatever it might be makes > no sense. A smartphone does so much more and is in your pocket for a range > of uses. In the US, obviously NLS may be a factor, but it isn't for me. > > Jonathan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Rick Harmon > Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 10:22 a.m. > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Itunes 8 now accessible > > Jonathan, > > Doesn't playing music on your phone rapidly run your batteries down? And > what about quality? I have a phone capable of playing music but I haven't > really ever tried it out. > > Thanks, > > Rick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:56 PM > Subject: RE: Itunes 8 now accessible > > > Saqib, I completely agree with you. I have no need for a Nano when I have > an > N82. But I think the reason why iPods and other stand-alone playback > devices > are so big in North America is that they have nowhere near a strong a > smartphone culture as Europe, Asia and other places. > > Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of saqib > Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 9:24 a.m. > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Itunes 8 now accessible > > Forgive me for my comment folks. Isn't it just easy enough to listen to > music from your phone or preferred MP3 device. It's taken Apple so long to > meet the VI sector half way with the accessibility issues. Their attitude > was sod the blind and who ever can't access our devices or software. It's > good that Apple are getting their head around the accessibility factor but > this wasn't the case before. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:37 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] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1664 - Release Date: > 10/09/2008 > 06:00 > > > > 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]
