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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Voice patchesRe: Voice patches
From: RaZorbacK <lists_at_sof-paradise.info>
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:17:53 +0200 Stéphane Doyon wrote on 06.10.2007 05:21 : > > P7563, P6325 and P6171 should be ready for inclusion IMO. > And kbd-accessible.diff from P6324 as well. Definetely. Particularly the accessible keyboard that i can now use with pleasure to add my radio stations. It was a pain when you are blind before this patch. > > Depending on that, talk_file and playlist_catalog from P6323 are ready, > as well as P6240: improved feedback in bookmark selection. I've had > several positive comments about that one: it's useful, people like > it. Could use testing on HWCODEC, if there are any HWCODEC voice users > left around. I have to say that i've made a custom build for some of my french friends who are all blinds and the feedback about this improved bookmark selection is really positive. You should really commit this one. > > P7653 also is good, although perhaps the setting I added in there is > overkill and should always be on. Personnally, having the ability to turn this one on or off should not be suppressed. > > P6331 and P7777 are also ready. Sure they are. I like to be able to know where I am on the fm band and thus, being able to retrieve a radio i've heard and that i've not aded to my preset list. And it's really usefull, ONCE AGAIN according to my friends's feedbacks. > > -I'm considering implementing an alternate quick screen for blind users: > something to put a few key functions closer at hand. We would like a > quick way to have the time spoken, the Rockbox info menu is just too > far. I'd like to put in a function that temporarily overrides file and > dir .talk clips, for those times where you can't make out what the > synthesizer was saying in that .talk clip, because it's a weird band name > that you haven't heard before, and you need it spelled out jus this > once. good idea. It could be usefull when we made too-fast .talk clips for example, as I met this problem only two days ago. The quick screen could be really usefull for blind persons or even a car driver who would like to change some settings only with a touch of a button. > > -Increase playback speed without affecting pitch. I'm not starting from > scratch here, I have something more or less working, only the integration > into Rockbox is still somewhat rough. As in daisy books ? hmm interesting! Often requested by blind users. > > -Coarse navigation function: I once had an entire audiobook in a single > track, lasting 24hours. It would be nice to be able to jump by some > coarse increments like 5mins, 30mins, 3hours, then jump to within 10secs > of the end of the track, and perhaps some proportional jumps like 10% of > track... Part of the problem is that fastforward/rewind gives no progress > feedback at all for blind users, because of the issue with pausing. But > beyond that, a tool to move around big tracks might be useful. Perhaps the study mode / tracklock and its configurable steps could be a good starting point for that? > -Spontaneous battery level warning, say at 50% and 20%. oh, yes! really nice! -- Sof http://www.sof-paradise.info/ lists_at_sof-paradise.infoReceived on 2007-10-07 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |