[Electronics-talk] ipod

Mon Nov 17 04:22:36 UTC 2008

I don't have an iPod, so hopefully someone with more experience will 
weigh in and provide more details. First, you'll need the iPod Nano 4th 
generation. Second, you'll need to be running iTunes version 8 on your 
PC. It's my understanding that you can connect your iPod to your PC and 
then use iTunes to enable the talking menus and create tags for the 
files and folders on your iPod.

Chandan Mokashi wrote:
> hi,
> can some1mail me too about the new ipod as to how to get the speach 
> and how to get it working?
> thanks a lot.
> regards,
> chandan.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dhunthausen" <dhunthausen at gmail.com>
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>> 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
>> 714-296-7111
>> Mailto:Drewh at socal.rr.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Wright" 
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>>> 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>
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>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ipod
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>>>
>>>> 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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