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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Voice support suggestionRE: Voice support suggestion
From: Sarai <bucc7465_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:34:37 -0600 Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: > Hi all! > > This question is primarily directed towards the blind community, who > rely on the voice to operate the player. > > Would it be helpful if the menu title is spoken when you enter a menu > which is not directly selected by a menu item? > > My idea is this: > > If you press Menu to reach the main menu from the WPS, it would say > "Main menu", followed by the currently selected menu, for example > "Files". You then navigate to "Settings" and press SELECT. This time > it will *not* speak the menu title, because it is obvious that you > entered that menu, so it will directly speak the first item in the > settings menu, "Sound Settings". > > Now you leave the Settings menu by pressing Left. This time it will > say the menu title again, "Main menu", followed by the currently > selected item, "Settings". > > Comments? Suggestions? > > Linus Also, it would be nice to be able to here the WPS at a press of a button I.E. if you play a song, and want to know what the title is, etc. That would help allot. Seems that Rockbox used to do that about a year or 2 ago, and something was done which prevented the item from being spoken when a menu was opened up. Glenn Sarai D. Bucciarelli -----Original Message----- From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:28 PM To: Rockbox Subject: Re: Voice support suggestion Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: > Hi all! > > This question is primarily directed towards the blind community, who > rely on the voice to operate the player. > > Would it be helpful if the menu title is spoken when you enter a menu > which is not directly selected by a menu item? > > My idea is this: > > If you press Menu to reach the main menu from the WPS, it would say > "Main menu", followed by the currently selected menu, for example > "Files". You then navigate to "Settings" and press SELECT. This time > it will *not* speak the menu title, because it is obvious that you > entered that menu, so it will directly speak the first item in the > settings menu, "Sound Settings". > > Now you leave the Settings menu by pressing Left. This time it will > say the menu title again, "Main menu", followed by the currently > selected item, "Settings". > > Comments? Suggestions? > > Linus That would help allot. Seems that Rockbox used to do that about a year or 2 ago, and something was done which prevented the item from being spoken when a menu was opened up. Glenn Received on 2007-03-23 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |