Christopher: Your comments are, essentially, correct. The Nano can be accessed as a drive; however, only as a storage device -- that is to say, that you cannot play files that you place on the Nano in that manor.
Cheers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:23 PM Subject: Re: talking ipod and Itunes > You said a few things which don't agree with my understanding. > > The only iPod's currently supported by Rockbox are "Apple: 1st through > 5.5th generation iPod, iPod Mini and 1st generation iPod Nano (not the > Shuffle, 2nd/3rd gen Nano, Classic or Touch)." Of course, other brands > of MP3 players are supported by Rockbox, and you can find the list at > the rockbox.org site. > > The way the speech works on rockbox, is that you use a utility on your > PC to create voice tags. This uses the speech synthesizer to create > voice clips for letters, numbers, menu options, file names and directory > names. It's my understanding that this is almost identical to what you > get with the new iPod Nano and iTunes 8. > > Finally, I don't think an iPod shows up as harddrive when you plug it > into the USB port. I don't have an iPod myself, so I can't check for > sure. I think you need to purchase another utility, like Anapod Explorer > to get this feature. > > Steve Matzura wrote: >> I can't answer your question, but just to set you straight on >> something, iPods and iTunes have both been accessible for years. Ever >> heard of Rockbox? It's a free piece of software that you install onto >> your iPod, almost like installing a program onto your computer. All >> menus are accessible, and files and folders of content are spelled >> rather than spoken in whole words because the iPod itself, not being a >> real computer, isn't capable of running the kind of software required >> for text to speech applications. OK, so how does Rockbox speak the >> menus? A very old but proven technology called stored vocabulary, >> where phonetic portions of words are strung together to make whole >> words and phrases. You can load music onto an iPod by plugging in to >> a USB port on your computer and it appears as just another disk drive, >> or you can use iTunes together with a snazzy set of JAWS scripts from >> Brian Hartgen/T&T Consulting, or you can wait for JAWS version 10 to >> come out and use their supplied scripts with the just- or >> soon-to-be-released iTunes version 8. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:22:59 -0700, you wrote: >> >> >>> Hello listers, >>> I recently have been hearing about the new talking ipod and Itunes 8. >>> Ware and how can I purchase these two items? I haden't gotten >>> interested in either of these because they were not accessible. But >>> now that they are, I want to findout every thing there is to knowabout >>> them. Thanks >>> Michael >>> >>> 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] >> >> >> > > -- > Christopher > > [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]
