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Subject: Re: get back into rockbox and accessibility

Re: get back into rockbox and accessibility

From: alex wallis <alexwallis646_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:07:11 +0100

> How about a "voice WPS" function? When voice UI is enabled, we have an
> extra option ("Describe WPS") at the top of the WPS context menu. When
> this is selected, the contents of the WPS are spoken out.
Hi.
I don't like this idea at all. for the simple reason that at the moment
speech is still tied into the main thread that deals with audio play back.
if audio playback and speech could be separated then I would have no
objection to such an option being added in.
I've no real idea how
> to go about coding this (to work with the WPS parser, etc.) but I wonder
> if it would cover many of Daniel's requirements, in a way that's
> not-too-obtrusive for non-voice users?
>
> Of course, I'm also assuming that WPS tags exist for all of the status bar
> stuff (i.e. time, battery level).. I think that's the case, but feel free
> to point out if not (or any other horrible holes in this idea).
>
> pondlife
>
>
>
Received on 2008-10-13

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