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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Tts in rockboxRe: Tts in rockbox
From: robert ramsay <ramsayr002_at_hawaii.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 21:33:12 -1000 Hi from Rob, I am a blind person and I could use some help getting the bootloader to work with my ipod who uses ipod on the list? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan Hernandez" <juanh_at_cox.net> To: "'Rockbox'" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:16 PM Subject: RE: Tts in rockbox > Yes, but needs for a visually impared (partially sited) person and a blind > person (totally siteless) are very different. > > Thus the distinction must be made. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] > On > Behalf Of Rocker > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 4:46 PM > To: Rockbox > Subject: Re: Tts in rockbox > > However, > > A visually impaired person is legally blind. Thus .blind still works > better > then .visually impaired > > Oh ya! .bat is already in use! LOL...rocker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Juan Hernandez" <juanh_at_cox.net> > To: "'Rockbox'" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 1:38 PM > Subject: RE: Tts in rockbox > > > For your PS, I like to make the distinction that a blind person cannot see > at all, and a visually impared personcan has partial vision. > > I live in the U.S. and this country is anally politically correct at > times. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] > On > Behalf Of Bluechip > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 11:12 AM > To: Rockbox > Subject: Re: Tts in rockbox > > >>>...probably my smartest idea was to make a language called "blind" >>>which would display the menu text as f'oh'net'ik spellings ...now that >>>we have WAV/PCM playback on the Archos units (previously >>>"IMPOSSIBLE") it really isn't going to be that difficult to write our >>>TTS such that it works on all Rockbox units. >> >>I'm sure there are blind people in other countries too, so there would >>be many languages called "blind". > > LOL ...yes, I realised that about 2 minutes after I hit 'Send' :) > > I suppose "english-blind", "german-blind" etc. is the solution. > > BC > > PS. I would like to say that in the UK "Blind" is considered "politically > incorrect" but I notice blind people referring to themselves as such ...so > if "swedish-fonetik" or "french-people_of_limited_sight_ability" is more > appropriate, that is what I mean ;) > > > > > Received on 2006-05-27 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |