Well, I agree it's a good development, but I wouldn't say what Apple is
doing is revolutionary. Remember Rock box has used this technology for
years. I installed rockbox on my first portable media player in 2007 and
using talking clips to speak the menus, folders and file names wasn't
new then. Right now I have Rockbox running on a 30G iRiver, and I'm
using Samantha or Jill for my voice. It's one of those voices that came
with JFW 8. Again, don't get me wrong, this is a great development, and
I encourage Apple to continue down this path, but their claims of the
first talking portable media player are distorted and the technology
they're using isn't revolutionary.
Constantine wrote:
Still, though, even if speach isn't built in, and even if you have to
use ms sam, your still getting speech - which is quite a revolution.
And unless my ipod video's hard drive fails, it will be lasting a long
time to come- the only thing I might even replace would be the battery.
I really want an 80 gb ipod video, though.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain"
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Subject: Re: Apple Releases New Ipod
I couldn't find the story at that URL either, so I used Google and
found the following URL
http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/features.html. Following the link
labeled "Learn more about VoiceOver" also lead to information on how
this works, which BTW, seems to be the same way it works on the iPod
Nano.
Ray wrote:
And OK, I might be a thicko, likely I am, but I couldn't really find
the
story that goes with this post on the Lioncourt site. Could some
one spell
it out a bit to me, please?
I'm certainly not a detractor from all things Apple, even if they
still,
after seeing the accessability light, still get some things woefully
wrong!
Ray.
Joy Tilton wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but, I got the picture that most of the
controls
are on the ear buds that come with this device. If so, that's a show
stopper right there and right now, especially for some of us who
can't wear
ear buds or prefer the old fashioned type head sets.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: Apple Releases New Ipod
Yep, well could this be the beginning of Daisy books and son on
found on
an Ipod?
On 12/03/2009, at 8:01 AM, Gary King wrote:
It sounds like a nice little player. It wasn't made clear in the
article how the text -to-speech is implemented though, whether it is
built-in or transferred.
I also followed the link to the press release and found a link to
some
interesting facts about lithium-polymer batteries, charging cycles,
running time and lifespan.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:11 AM
Subject: Apple Releases New Ipod
Hi!
Well for those who are thinking of buying a new music player then
this
may be worth the look, its a new Ipod shuffle with "Text-To- Speech"
capabilities.
http://www.lioncourt.com/
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