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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: My IRIVER H320 IS FIXED, STILL NEED HELPRe: My IRIVER H320 IS FIXED, STILL NEED HELP
From: Glenn at home <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:44:28 -0600 Hello Dan, Now you need to run the VoiceBox script to generate tags for the files & folders. Here's an explanation, and the link to get what you need: HTH. Glenn http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/VoiceHowto Here's the useful info for the task: Speaking / spelling directories and file numbers Now, you'll need to configure your directory and file names to be spoken, numbered or spelled. You can have names announced by number (folder 1, folder 2, or file 1, file 2, etc), have them spelled audibly, (M U S I C), or have them announced through tiny recorded clips in mp3 format. To have names announced by number or spelled, simply change the setting in menu />general settings/> voice. There are options called "voice directories" and "voice filenames". You can set these features to "off," "numbers", "spell", or "while hovering". The last option activates the spoken voice clips; the first three don't need any voice clips, as they are provided by the rockbox firmware (as long as you have the appropriate .voice file, as described above). If you want your directory names or file names spoken as words, rather than spelled or given numbers, you need to know that rockbox doesn't have any internal TTS capabilities. In order to speak a folder name, rockbox wants to see a file called _dirname.talk inside that folder. That is literally "_dirname.talk", unlike the talking filenames the directory name .talk files do not match the name of the directory (hopefully someone will put that in the Rockbox code someday). In order to speak a filename, e.g., "technoMix.mp3", rockbox wants to see a file called technoMix.mp3.talk in the same folder as the original technoMix.mp3 file. Remember the .talk filename must match the .mp3 filename exactly, dashes numbers spaces, everything, then tack on the ".talk" to your small clip of the song. The .talk files contain the spoken name of the folder or file in MP3 format. They are in regular MP3 format, if you have the software and patience you can put in a small spoken announcement and fade in a clip of the song, whatever you'd like. Talking menus, dirnames, and filenames comes in handy not only for visually impaired users but when driving or when the Archos is stuck inside your coat, etc. Basically whenever you cannot easily look at the screen. A script to automatically create the .talk files using a computer voice for folders and/or filenames is available here: http://rockbox.aplcycling.org/voiceBox.zip You will also need a copy of the free lame mp3 encoder, available here: http://www.mp3-tech.org/software/encoders/lamewin32.exe You will need to install lame (run lamewin32.exe), then copy lame.exe and the contents of the voiceBox.zip archive into the same directory. You are now ready to run the voiceBox.wsf script. You can either drag files or folders onto the script (voiceBox.wsf), or simply run it from your file manager or a command prompt. If no files are dropped on the script or specified on the command line, you will be asked to enter the name of a file or folder. You should enter the full pathname to the file or folder if you are using the command line or entering names at the script prompt. Depending on how many files and folders you are voicing, and the speed of your computer, the script should give you a success message in a short time - a few seconds for a few files and folders, several minutes for a larger collection of names. Please read the included file "voiceBox_README.txt" for more detailed instructions on how to configure the script, e.g., voicing only folders or filenames, but not both. If you get an error message from the script, or nothing seems to be happening at all, check if perhaps your virus scanner is blocking any scripting activity. If it is, you should temporarily disable this feature - do not forget to re-enable it after you have generated your .talk files! You might also want to look at the contents of the file "VoiceBox_logfile.txt", which contains a list of the files and folders processed and the commands that the script attempted to execute. Once the clip generation process is completed, disconnect the jukebox and reboot it as usual. You'll need to set the "voice directories" and "voice filenames" options alluded to above to "while hovering", which will then cause rockbox to "speak" the corresponding voice clip for the file or folder as you hover over it in the file browser. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Fletcher" < patfletcher_at_cayjazz.net> To: < rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: blind user Iriver h140 .mp3 files are not voicing Hey guys, I have the Iriver h140 talking and running rockbox. Latest build. I have the folders set up with voice clips for each of the folders and the mp3 . files on the player. I have checked and it all looks good. I have set the player for Rockbox to play "MP3 clips" for the folder and file names. The folders are spoken by Cate of Speech. . I do not hear the voice speak any of the mp3 files. . . HELP, how do I make the player use the voice clips to speak the names of the mp3 files? How do I find each song so I can select what I want to hear. . OK OK I am a beginner and so please be patient. First question: does the .mp3 files show up under the browser and can be voiced with speech? An example is I have a music folder with about 35 files in it. I can go into the folder but none of the .mp3 files are showing up or should I say talking. . the folder names speak fine. but no .mp3 files talk. So am I missing something? I thought OK maybe I need to make a play list and that will show or ( speak the names of the .mp3 files during the list creation or once they are there. Nope. I can add a file to the play list but it really gets scrambled from there.Can any one help please? Simple instructions only please as I am blind and a new be. Thanks Allot, Pat as ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Malone" <d2malone_at_rochester.rr.com> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 6:22 PM Subject: Re: My IRIVER H320 IS FIXED, STILL NEED HELP Hello All Rockbox users, Good news!, I had my son upgrade the firmware again and it then shut down. But, maybe that wasn't the problem in the first place. There was still no voice until he started browsing around in the menu's. After experimenting with the talking menu's for a while, we found that most everything was shut off. Now it boots up speaking. This is wild!! Now, I am not complaining at all, but the folders say folder 1, folder 2, etc. And the file names are spelled out. I have it set to: read mp3's I believe it is. I double checked and made sure it wasn't on spelling mode. Any help there? Thanks again, Dan I learned more about this talking software from all your responses. Thank you much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wolven" <bcwolven_at_jhu.edu> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:56 PM Subject: Re: My IRIVER H320 IS FIXED, STILL NEED HELP > Dan Malone wrote: >> Hello Rockbox users, >> I am totally blind. >> With help from my son, that's sighted, we followed the instructions, I >> beleive to the letter to load Rockbox on my Iriver H320. >> But, it doesn't come up talking. >> We used the patcher for the international .hex file: >> H300jp-v128.zip >> The patcher program said successful. >> And, he updated the firmware on the unit successfully as it shut itself >> off. >> I then extracted the folder and file from: >> rockbox-h300-20061103.zip >> We placed them on the root directory. > > Just a guess, based on the order in which you describe doing things here: > > Did you extract the contents of the zip, and *then* move them onto the > unit? If that is the case, the "hidden" .rockbox" folder probably did not > make the trip over to the iRiver. > > Instead, try moving the zip file onto the root directory of the iriver > first and then extracting the contents, "in place", so to speak. > Received on 2006-11-07 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |