[Electronics-talk] ipod

[Dhunthausen]

David,
Where can I get more info about this Ipod, and how to enable the speech. 
Also, what is the attachment called that I need to record with the Nano 
ipod? Thanks

Drew

Drew Hunthausen
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Wright" <gymnastdave at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ipod


> Hi there Jim,
> Let me only correct a few minor mistakes. First, it is in fact possible to
> record with the Ipod nano with the purchase of a recording attachment.
> Second, if you sync your ipod with your computer and you have the speech
> enabled, all information will be spoken including track titles, artist
> names, albums, and Genres. There are only a few items on the nano which 
> are
> not spoken and these include some more obscure menu items.
>
> Best Regards:
> David Wright
>
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> Best Regards:
> David Wright
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
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> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ipod
>
>
>> Hey Pris,
>>
>> First of all, you can't record on the ipod nano.
>>
>> After you buy your new ipod, and download itunes, you'll connect your
>> ipod to your PC and start the itunes application.  You'll need a
>> screen reader to access itunes.  In itunes, under settings, there's a
>> check box to enable speech on the ipod.  You'll check this box.
>>
>> When itunes transfers music to your ipod, it will generate little
>> recordings of a text to speech engine saying the titles of all your
>> songs.  I don't know yet if it will do the same for the album, artist,
>> genre, etc. of your songs.
>>
>> Then, when you unplug your ipod, you'll be able to use the ipod
>> controls to move around your music, and the ipod will "say" each song,
>> by playing the recorded text to speech for each song.
>>
>> Its not clear to me yet if this is a better solution than, say, the
>> stream, which is fully accessible.  Itunes/iPod have two things going
>> for it.  First, the ipod has better sounding audio. Second, you can
>> use itunes to purchase TV shows, movies, etc. that will only play on
>> your ipod.   The stream will only play "DRM free" music, like that you
>> can buy from Amazon, and movies/TV shows from Serotek.  Serotek is a
>> subscription based service that has a much more limited selection of
>> movies and TV shows than iTunes.  However, Serotek's content does have
>> audio descriptions, which is nice.
>>
>> Hope that answers your questions,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 02:00:17PM -0400, priscilla wrote:
>>>     hey all,
>>> I was just wondering about the new ipod nanos since I am planning to
>>> upgrade to the new ipod nano with speech.
>>> Can you record on your ipod?
>>> because I heard you can record on it. This way I don't have to use the
>>> soni digital recorder which is not that accessible.
>>>
>>> and the software on the digital voice recorder is horrible because I 
>>> keep
>>> getting errors and messages where yoyo here "send error report"
>>>
>>> How do you set up the speech to work on the new ipods?
>>>
>>> thank you very much.
>>>
>>> priscy
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