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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: starting over again with rockboxRe: starting over again with rockbox
From: Leonard Morris <lmorris1953_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:43:55 +0800 Thanks much for the information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kane Brolin" <kbrolin65_at_gmail.com> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:10 AM Subject: Re: starting over again with rockbox > Since my iPod is similar to yours, I'll attempt to answer your > questions. In ccase you're still confused, write me privately at > kbrolin65_at_gmail.com. > > On 1/8/08, Leonard Morris <lmorris1953_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> I have an Ipod video 60GB 5.5 generation that I put rockbox on. The dude >> has >> never spoken a word so I got frustrated and decided to start all over >> again >> including restoring the Ipod back to factory settings on the computer >> with >> sighted assistance. > > Leonard, restoring isn't a bad thing. Even since my iPod started > working with Rockbox, I've done this a couple of times when I received > too many errors or file transfer glitches. Of course, you want to be > sure you've saved any files placed on the iPod to a backup location > prior to restoring, because all content present on the iPod prior to > your restore process will be erased. You probably already knew that. >> >> 1. I was using the win32 installer rbutilqt-1.0.3pre.zip package dated >> 11/13/2007 is that one ok for my Ipod model, or should I be using a >> different package? > > The one I always have used is found at > http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/ipod/ipodpatcher/win32/ipodpatcher.exe >> >> 2. I got the voice ipodvideo-20080108-english.voice which I think I have >> to >> rename english.voice and place it in the langs folder is this the correct >> voice? > > Yes, it's the correct voice as long as you're using the most > up-to-date version of Rockbox, which also should be dated 8 January, > 2008. >> >> 3. Anything else I should be doing just holla back and let me know. >> Thanks. > > Leonard, if you want to have Rockbox speak the names of your files as > you navigate through them with the scroll wheel, you'll need either to > create spoken-word .Talk clips or to have your computer generate these > automatically using Windows XP's or Vista's text-to-speech engine. If > you do the latter, as I do, you'll need to use a program called > Voicebox+ to generate these .Talk clips. > > This past Saturday, 5 January, I uploaded my basic tutorial on > installing and running Rockbox on the iPod Video to this newsgroup. > Look at that document if you need more details, or write to me > privately and I can send it to you in MS Word. I too am a totally > blind iPod user and successfully been employing Rockbox for about six > months. > > -Kane Received on 2008-01-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |