which Ipod is this? Mark Bishop ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:34 AM Subject: Re: Itunes 8 now accessible
> In 100% agreement with you on all that, its great we have a choice. > > > > Gary King wrote: >> Jonathan, >> >> I probably won't be buying a new iPod Nano since I have an N82 with >> plenty >> of storage and several other players including my old iRiver H120 with >> Rockbox, but I'm glad that Apple finally produced an iPod we can use >> without >> any modification. It's also nice that the voice tagging of menus and >> songs >> is done automatically by iTunes once the feature is activated in the >> software. Rockbox is nice also, but there's no automated way of voice >> tagging songs, and we have to settle for the titles being spelled instead >> of >> spoken. >> >> Gary King >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:37 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] > > -- > 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]
