I don't have an iPod Nano, but I always assumed it behaved similarly to Rockbox. The note below says "Rockbox uses TTS," but this isn't the case, at least it isn't the case that you have a TTS running on rockbox. With the iPod Nano you use iTunes to generate the voice clips on your PC and transfer them to your Nano. With Rockbox, you use VoiceBox on your PC to do the same thing.
I didn't realize the iPod Nano 5th generation ran VoiceOver. I thought that was only available on the iPod Touch and iPhone. Based on what I'm reading on the portable player mailing list, I'm pretty sure the iPod Nano 5th generation works the same way as the 4th generation Nano, so no VoiceOver. You can still get 4th generation iPod Nano's at accessibleelectronics.com. They have the 8G 4th generation iPod Nano's for $95. BTW, they also sell Sandisk Sansa e200 series portable media players with Rockbox already installed. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 12:13 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: iPod Nano and talking menus It doesn't compare because both are based on completely different principles. The Ipod Forth Generation nano uses voice tags whereas Rockbox uses TTS. Each system has its advantages and disadvantages, for instance you get the title, artist and so on of a particular song announced on your Ipod Forth Generation word by word - example: Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes whereas this information is spelt out letter by letter. You also have more options over what kind of speech you want, this is set from the computer you're connecting the Ipod with whether that be a Mac or Windows system, with Rockbox I found it very difficult to find a good speech engine to my liking, I did find one in the end though others were just too fast for my liking. The only problem I've struck with the Ipod Forth Generation Nano is that some of its applications such as time/date alarm and the like are completely unusable but again, that's what you expect to happen if you're using voice tags, the menus all speak however. We're up to the Ipod Fifth generation now and that unit has Voiceover built-in to it so in other words, the Ipod Nano Fifth Generation has a Built-in Screen Reader so its completely customisable. I don't know even if you can buy an Ipod Nano Forth Generation now can you? I have one here and I wouldn't give it up for quits I can tell you, well not at least until I get my Iphone next week - if they haven't sold out in the meantime <smile> -' On 28/11/2009, at 4:50 AM, Jason Boston wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with the talking menus in the 4th > generation iPod nanos? I'm curious how it compares to the > accessibility of rockbox. > > Thanks, > Jason > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ****************************** Dane Trethowan >From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ****************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
