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["Earle" <e.zwicker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think it's a problem on the Ipods, but I heard that updating the 
firmware on the Irivers requires sighted assistance, but I'm not sure.

I'm debating on getting an iriver or an ipod, so I was just trying to get all 
the info I could.

After checking out the rockbox site, it looks like it would be easier to 
install rockbox on an ipod.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron 
  To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:03 PM
  Subject: [blindipod] Re: Bot Rockbox going on Iriver


  No sighted assistance is needed.  I have put rockbox on my Nano several times 
now. 


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Earle 
    To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 2:35 PM
    Subject: [blindipod] Re: Bot Rockbox going on Iriver


    Did you need any sighted help to install rockbox?

    I heard that you need sighted help, for updating the firmware.
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    Earle, and Peterson, (The Prince)

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      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Michael G. 
      To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:58 AM
      Subject: [blindipod] Bot Rockbox going on Iriver


      Hello Everyone,

      Well, after a whole lot of reading and a good deal of trial and error, I 
finally got Rockbox working on my new music player.  It kind of surprised me, 
but there is considerable online support for the Iriver H10 where Rockbox is 
concerned.  I was extremely pleased to find this kind of help and is what made 
my getting Rockbox to work possible.  It is so cool that I can now navigate the 
menus on a device like this and adjust the settings.  I haven't yet installed 
the voice clips so I still can't read the folders yet but I'll be getting to 
that soon.  But I'm extremely happy with what I have so far.  I was kind of 
disappointed though that the AT&T Natural Voices were no longer available to be 
used with Rockbox, but being able to use IBM Via Voice  speech was a pretty 
good alternative.  I can't distinguish it from Jaws speech at all.  I still 
wish they had the AT&T voices though.  Oh well.  The only other drawback with 
the most current version of Rockbox for the Iriver H10, is that it isn't able 
to access the FM tuner or the voice recorder but it is being worked on.  So 
hopefully it won't be too much longer before I'll have access to   those 
features too.  I also need to go back and read how to revert back to the 
original firmware if I want to.  I've tried it a couple of times but I haven't 
been able to get it to work.  According to the Rockbox info, I should still be 
able to use the original Iriver firmware if I want to.  All in all, I am very 
happy with Rockbox and my new music player.  I'm thinking of putting together 
an audio tutorial  explaining how to do the installation and putting it up on 
my web site.  I had to read information from Rockbox.Org and some other web 
sites to figure everything out and it was a bit confusing at times.  But I 
think I have a pretty good idea how to do this now.  If anyone is looking to 
buy a new music player and their not sure which one to get, the IRiver H10 is 
definitely a good option.  I got the 6gb model, but there is also a 5gb and 
20gb model available as well, all of which I found on Ebay at pretty good 
prices.  Thanks to everyone for your recommendations and help.

      Michael

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        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Woody Anna Dresner 
        To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:59 PM
        Subject: [blindipod] Re: voice box


        Hi Brian,

        When you run the scripts, nothing appears to happen - no program shows 
up on screen with a progress bar.  The Lame encoder appears on the taskbar now 
and then, but that's about it until you hear a beep and a dialog says it's 
done.  This took around 15 minutes, I think, when I did it the first time on my 
Nano, so it could take a very long time with the Video.  One way to confirm 
that something is happening is to use the Safely Remove Hardware option to try 
to remove the iPod; you should get a message that it can't be removed at this 
time.

        Another possibility is that your antivirus software could be getting in 
the way.  I have McAfee, and every time I run Voicebox, I have to click a 
choice that says "Run entire script this time."  If anyone knows how to tell 
McAfee to always allow this script, I'd love some help, as it's quite annoying.

        Be sure you're running the Apple firmware when you use Voicebox, as it 
will speed up the time it takes to label your files considerably.

        As for your other problem, talk MP3 Clip should be on the Voice 
Directories and Voice Files menus.  You might check to make sure you have the 
latest voice file, at
        http://steve-audio.net/rockbox/
        Be sure to run a CVS voice, not one from Rockbox release 2.5.  Good 
luck.

        Regards,
        Anna