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["Scott Erichsen" <pianoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brian,

One thing I forgot to mention is that only menus speak by default on rockbox 
so you need to turn on speaking of file names and folders.
Hope that helps and as I said if you want to talk about it on msn/sype let 
me know.
Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Erichsen" <pianoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: [blindipod] Re: Rockbox on iRiver H340


> Hi Brian,
> You need to download a voice file to put in .rockbox\langs
> there are several voices to choose from. I chose the British Audri voice. 
> It's on the site.
> Let me know if you need any help.
> Or you could do it through msn might make things easier or skype... let me 
> know.
> Cheers,
> Scott
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian Hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 11:19 PM
> Subject: [blindipod] Rockbox on iRiver H340
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a query about Rockbox on the iRiver products if anyone has done 
> > this and can please help.
> >
> > At the moment, although I have installed Rockbox, it does not appear to 
> > be talking.
> > Here is what I did.
> >
> > 1. I downloaded firmware version 1.29EU as I live in the UK, unzipped the
> > archive to reveal the H300.hex file.
> >
> > 2. I then downloaded the program to patch the firmware, and accordingly
> > patched it.  I got a confirmation message to say that the patch had been
> > successfully done.
> >
> > 3. I put the newly patched .hex file on the iRiver.
> >
> > 4. I asked my wife to go to the general menu, then update firmware.  A
> > confirmation message appeared asking me not to touch the unit while the
> > update was going ahead.  It then switched itself off.  I know there has 
> > been
> > a firmware change since I now have a "record" folder whereas I had
> > previously deleted that.
> >
> > 5. I downloaded the latest Rockbox for the iRiver 300 series as a zipped
> > archive, unzipped it to the iRiver.  I now have the rockbox.iriver file 
> > and
> > the Rockbox folder on the iRiver.
> >
> > Given that it is not talking right now, I have some questions.
> > 1. How do I verify that I do in fact have the Rockbox bootloader on the 
> > unit
> > so we know it is active?
> > 2. Is there anything else I can do to check that Rockbox is running even
> > though it is not speaking?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Brian Hartgen
> >
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