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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: new user questionsnew user questions
From: rinty <rinty_at_freeuk.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 18:23:04 +0100 Hi all, I'm a new user of the rockbox software, and it's certainly made a difference to me, thanks to everyone who helped develop it. I'm totally blind, and have it talking, so I get the menus and directories spoken. I now have an accessible MP3 player, thanks!!!. I've a few suggestions for future releases, and a few questions. Again, thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to reply. 1. would it be possible to add an option to completely disable the display, whilst retaining the speech? if we could, for those of us who can't see the display anyway, the batteries would last longer. I don't know how much difference it would actually make, and clearly that's got to be a consideration before investing the time in developing the software, however... 2. I don't know about other blind users, but for me, an option to have the keys speak what they do when pressed would be helpful. The thing is that this would need to change depending on the mode that the rockbox is in, I.E. in the menus the small centre key is the "select" or "enter" whereas when in the file navigation mode, the function is slightly different. 3. Is it OK to change the batteries in the archos for some higher rated ones? although this option is available in the system menu, I'm wondering if the charger unit would charge them. If not, it's probably not worth doing, as I understand that taking the batteries out isn't particularly easy. I've not looked at the options in detail, I've only just got my unit, however I've got some 2300MAH batteries, which presumably would increase the playing time of my archos by upwards of 50%. I also wondered if it was possible to have the state of the batteries spoken, I.E. how much charge is left in them. Finally, At the moment, I appear only to be able to get the archos either to spell filenames, or to say "file1" etc. A friend told me that it is possible to get the archos to speak the filenames as words using rockbox, however he didn't know how to do it. Could someone help me out with this? I'm not a computer expert: I had to get someone to install the software for me. I've got my unit to help me to record lectures and from the radio, and to play music books and lectures, I very much doubt that I'll ever become a developer. Thanks again for all your work, and thanks for any answers. Rob --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.700 / Virus Database: 457 - Release Date: 06/06/2004 _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-06-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |