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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Talkbox for DummiesRe: Talkbox for Dummies
From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 03:09:34 +0100 nice write up dude :) At 01:50 04/04/04, you wrote: >d bean wrote: > >>I heard about talkbox a long time ago, but I have not kept up on it. >>In the most basic way possible, how do I install/use talkbox. What are >>all of the files that I will need to have? Where can I get them? What >>should I do with all these files? How do I use the features? Can I >>record - using my built in voice recorder - my own "talking" files? >>I am running a flashed FM recorder 20 and am using the 04/01/2004 daily >>build. Thanks. > >There are really two separate voice options available. The talking menus >were added to rockbox by Joerg, and require the english.voice file to be >placed in your .rockbox\langs directory, as mentioned by Glenn. This is >supported by all daily builds since March 27, but you'll want to grab both >an updated build and the corresponding new voice file (linked in Glenn's >post) so that the versions match properly. If you hit the F1 key to access >your rockbox settings, you will see a set of voice options in there now. >You can choose to have menu items spoken, file numbers spoken, and folders >spoken as numbers (with no additional files needed) or as the actual >folder names. You can choose between having the folder names spoken on >entering the folder or while hovering, also. The speaking of folder names >was originally the 'talkbox' patch by John Covici, which was then folded >into the mainstream rockbox code, also by Joerg. > >If you'd like to have your music folder names spoken, then you need to >place a small mp3 clip called .dirname.mp3 in each folder you'd like to >have read. You can do this yourself, or use a VBScript (if you have a >windows machine) to have it done automatically using the default voice you >have selected in the control panel. Just hook your archos up to your PC >and then drag the folder containing your music files and drop it on the >script. The folder will be processed recursively, so all subfolders will >be done at the same time. The VBScript can be grabbed at either > >http://mysite.verizon.net/brian.wolven/Rockbox/Talkbox.zip >or >http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/speech/mp3ClipGen.vbs > >Talkbox.zip has both mp3Clipgen.vbs and another script that makes >playlists of all songs in a folder, excluding the .dirname.mp3 files. It >works on a drag and drop basis also. > >I hope that helps - please ask if you have any additional questions. > >_______________________________________________ >http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-04-04 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |