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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Rockbox for the visually impaired.Re: Rockbox for the visually impaired.
From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:52:05 +0100 At 19:07 22/09/03 -0400, you wrote: >Manuel wrote: > > > In the requested features I saw a request for visually > > impaired settings. I would very much support that. Beeps for > > different files or folders. Even better would be to have > > talking menus, if possible. When entering the main menu, a > > little mp3 file could tell you "General settings" When moving > > down another file would be triggered and tell you "record > > settings" and so on. Is that technically possible? > >I think that it would be possible to have low bit-rate mono MP3s stored in >the RAM for use by the visually impaired. What about the spoken letters of >the alphabet, numbers, and symbols plus common words? That would allow AJB >to "say" things like > >"Folder" "T" "H" "E" "space" "B" "E" "A" "T" "L" "E" "S" > >... and ... > >"MP3" "Y" "E" "S" "T" "E" "R" "D" "A" "Y" > >I admit that it's not going to make the AJB a pleasure for the visually >impaired, but it would make it usable in ways that it is not now. > >These spoken words, phrases, and characters could be loaded from hard disk >and unloaded when music was playing. That would also allow one to easily >create versions for the visually impaired in multiple languages. Thoughts? > >Regards, > Fred Maxwell You might find my recent post on fonetiks of interest? Received on 2003-09-23 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |