[Electronics-talk] ipod

Mon Nov 17 08:40:38 UTC 2008

thanks a lot for the info.
 regards,
 chandan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Chaltain" <cchaltain at austin.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ipod


>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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>> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ipod
>>
>>
>>> 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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>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> Email: dwrigh6 at uic.edu
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>>>>
>>>> http://www.knfbreader.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards:
>>>> David Wright
>>>>
>>>> Email: dwrigh6 at uic.edu
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>>>>
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>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> 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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