From: Rich De Steno <ironrock_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:48:58 -0500

Thanks.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Onj" <onj_at_AndreLouis.COM>
To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: Current English File Available?


> Hi, I compressed the voices with 7zip from www.7zip.org
> It is an opensource compression format made by a Russian person, and it
> uses good compression which is fast to both compress and decompress.
> Voices work for every supported rockbox capable device, the file that has
> the latest date on it works for builds from that date to the present.
> When significant changes have been made to English.lang and menu items
> changed, I will compress and send the voices up again.
> You will simply need to download 7zip, uncompress the voices to a folder,
> rename the voice you wish to use, copy it to your .rockbox/langs folder
> and reboot your player. It really is that simple.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich De Steno" <ironrock_at_verizon.net>
> To: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>; "Rockbox"
> <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 3:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Current English File Available?
>
>
>> Actually, the files have a 7z extension, which unfortunately, seems to
>> require a special unzipping program. Thanks.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>
>> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 9:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: Current English File Available?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Rich De Steno" <ironrock_at_verizon.net>
>>> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:34 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Current English File Available?
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve, I went to that site, but it only lists some strange file names
>>> with a
>>> 7z extension with no indication of the models that they work on or how
>>> you
>>> use them. Any suggestions?
>>> * Rich,
>>> You need to unzip the file if it has a .ZIP extension.
>>> Also, the file will not work unless it is named:
>>> English.voice
>>> You need to copy that English.voice file onto your iRiver in the
>>> directory:
>>> X:\.Rockbox\langs
>>> Where X is the actual letter of your drive that the iRiver is designated
>>> to.
>>> Glenn
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Stephen Clower" <steve_at_steve-audio.net>
>>> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:36 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Current English File Available?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Rich,
>>>>
>>>> Andre Louis and I made some optimizations to the voice file creation
>>>> process, and Andre now keeps a list of voices updated each day at
>>>> http://tbrn.net/rockbox
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Steve
>>>> Rich De Steno wrote:
>>>>> I am a blind Rockbox user on the Iriver H120. I just installed the
>>>>> current version of Rockbox. I also went to the Wiki/blind page and
>>>>> installed an English voice file under the heading "Pick one of these
>>>>> if
>>>>> you are running a recent daily build or cvs version of rockbox, and
>>>>> also
>>>>> want all entries voiced." I installed the American English ViaVoice
>>>>> file
>>>>> from January 6, 2007, but now I get no speech at all. What happened
>>>>> and
>>>>> is there an English voice file that will work with my setup now?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Received on 2007-02-25