New Ipod Nano VO- Solved and some Observations.
Ok, here's the thing. If you check Speak Menus, then voiceover will speak the menus but not the song titles. The Use Voiceover check gets checked automatically in iTunes. If you *don't* check speak menu items then only song titles are spoken. Now my observations: The 5th generation (new) nano has a built in speaker, so you'll hear alex as soon as you're done syncing with the above setup. He sounds like he's coming out of a really tiny transistor radio, but he's loud and clear. I'm guessing that gets cut off as soon as you plug into headphones. Next, Alex will not speak calendar events. He'll also not speak radio favorite frequencies. My suggestion for a work around is use the old count click method, and just try and not mark too many stations. He will announce podcast titles in the podcast menu, then the titles of the individual podcasts in the next menu. Finally He won't read contact names or contact information, nor will he read the game titles. The voice, by the way, if you have use system voice selected, is stunning. Sounds just like Alex on the host computer. Ok hope this helps a little. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: New Ipod Nano VO- Solved and some Observations.
Great review. I just purchased my 5G nano yesterday and am going through the menus now. You're observations are correct. The speaker does cut off when you attach your earphones. Also, I was disappointed when I discovered it would not speak the favorites in the radio section, but since the text to speech engine generates the spoken menus on the computer side and then synchs this is to be expected. Apple would have to provide a way for you to id the stations in iTunes before you synch for it to work. Barry On Sep 20, 2009, at 7:14 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: Ok, here's the thing. If you check Speak Menus, then voiceover will speak the menus but not the song titles. The Use Voiceover check gets checked automatically in iTunes. If you *don't* check speak menu items then only song titles are spoken. Now my observations: The 5th generation (new) nano has a built in speaker, so you'll hear alex as soon as you're done syncing with the above setup. He sounds like he's coming out of a really tiny transistor radio, but he's loud and clear. I'm guessing that gets cut off as soon as you plug into headphones. Next, Alex will not speak calendar events. He'll also not speak radio favorite frequencies. My suggestion for a work around is use the old count click method, and just try and not mark too many stations. He will announce podcast titles in the podcast menu, then the titles of the individual podcasts in the next menu. Finally He won't read contact names or contact information, nor will he read the game titles. The voice, by the way, if you have use system voice selected, is stunning. Sounds just like Alex on the host computer. Ok hope this helps a little. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: New Ipod Nano VO- Solved and some Observations.
so really the new nano is no improvement since you still need your pc to read menus anyways i.e. the PC voice so you may as well, for those of us who have the 4th gen nano, stick with it in my view On 20 Sep 2009, at 15:51, Pete Nalda wrote: On Sep 20, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Barry Lipscomb wrote: Great review. I just purchased my 5G nano yesterday and am going through the menus now. You're observations are correct. The speaker does cut off when you attach your earphones. Also, I was disappointed when I discovered it would not speak the favorites in the radio section, but since the text to speech engine generates the spoken menus on the computer side and then synchs this is to be expected. Apple would have to provide a way for you to id the stations in iTunes before you synch for it to work. Barry You're welcome. One other thing for folks in the future. Alex speaks a bit softer than music playing. and it's always in relation to the overall volume. I do wish He'd be a little louder or could be adjusted independently, but that's a pretty minor niggle. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: New Ipod Nano VO- Solved and some Observations.
On Sep 20, 2009, at 9:56 AM, william lomas wrote: so really the new nano is no improvement since you still need your pc to read menus anyways i.e. the PC voice so you may as well, for those of us who have the 4th gen nano, stick with it in my view Yeah, although, I don't know if the 4th gen nanos had that little speaker though, which besides hearing VO, will let you play tunes out loud. And you get an fm radio and video camera to boot. Maybe not a lucrative upgrade for some. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: New Ipod Nano VO- Solved and some Observations.
The only think it adds in respect to spoken information is the support for the earbuds with the remote (like the newest ipod shuffle). With this you can remotely (through the earbuds) have the voice speak the song and artist as well as cause it to step through the playlists. In addition pause, skip forward and backward. The other feature have been detailed like the radio and speaker etc. Barry On Sep 20, 2009, at 8:56 AM, william lomas wrote: so really the new nano is no improvement since you still need your pc to read menus anyways i.e. the PC voice so you may as well, for those of us who have the 4th gen nano, stick with it in my view On 20 Sep 2009, at 15:51, Pete Nalda wrote: On Sep 20, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Barry Lipscomb wrote: Great review. I just purchased my 5G nano yesterday and am going through the menus now. You're observations are correct. The speaker does cut off when you attach your earphones. Also, I was disappointed when I discovered it would not speak the favorites in the radio section, but since the text to speech engine generates the spoken menus on the computer side and then synchs this is to be expected. Apple would have to provide a way for you to id the stations in iTunes before you synch for it to work. Barry You're welcome. One other thing for folks in the future. Alex speaks a bit softer than music playing. and it's always in relation to the overall volume. I do wish He'd be a little louder or could be adjusted independently, but that's a pretty minor niggle. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
