I take it that this is a separate utility not included in the RockBox package. What is the name of the utility please. I am real tired of having to figure out what the speech is spelling all the time.
Thanks for the help! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:57 PM Subject: RE: Itunes 8 now accessible : Hi Gary, There is software downloadable from the Rockbox site that does : exactly what the software for the nano is doing. IE, it scans the MP3 player : for files, uses your default speech synthesiser to make recordings of the : albums, folders and file names, and puts those recordings with a special : file extension onto the Rockbox-enabled player. I know, as I've used it : regularly. The only time Rockbox will spell the files out is if you don't : use this utility. : : That said, you can't play Audible or protected iTunes content on Rockbox. : : Jonathan : : -----Original Message----- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : On Behalf Of Gary King : Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:27 p.m. : To: PC Audio Discussion List : Subject: Re: Itunes 8 now accessible : : 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] : : : : 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]
