[tmp] Re: Drat, The Links Did Break - was RE: How I Got Rockbox to Speak Shortcut Menu Items

  • From: "Rhonda" <bryeghtstar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:15:40 -0400

Ok, I followed your  instructions, and entered on the Clip+  received this 
message.
This file, folder or group is private or does not exist.
 
I do  have the Clip+.
p ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hunt" <jhunt76@xxxxxxx>
To: <tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 7:47 PM
Subject: [tmp] Drat, The Links Did Break - was RE: How I Got Rockbox to Speak 
Shortcut Menu Items


> Hey Bobby (and all),
> 
> Sorry, those first two links I gave did break in half, I just checked ...
> OK, try this:  Go to https://www.wuala.com/talkingmp3players/Firmware,
> choose the link for your player, and download the file called .rockbox with
> shortcuts.zip.
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jim Hunt
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 7:36 PM
> To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tmp] Re: How I Got Rockbox to Speak Shortcut Menu Items
> 
> Hey Bobby,
> 
> Actually, Laz put up firmware improvements for both the Clip Plus and the
> Clip Zip.  (I have a Clip Zip.)  Here are the links Laz posted; hopefully
> they don't get broken in half when I copy them to this message.
> 
> Clip Plus:
> https://www.wuala.com/talkingmp3players/Firmware/Clip%20Plus/.rockbox%20with
> %20shortcuts.zip
> 
> Clip Zip:
> https://www.wuala.com/talkingmp3players/Firmware/Clip%20Zip/.rockbox%20with%
> 20shortcuts.zip
> 
> Here again is the link to download the patch I created, which does work for
> me on my Clip Zip, and it should work on Clip Plus players as well.
> https://www.firedrive.com/file/770C72B99654B003
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Harris, Robert
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 6:15 PM
> To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tmp] Re: How I Got Rockbox to Speak Shortcut Menu Items
> 
> I think that was for the Plus?
> 
> Bobby and Prince
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Andrea Sherry
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:41 PM
> To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tmp] Re: How I Got Rockbox to Speak Shortcut Menu Items
> 
> Thanks heapsly for that one.
> Cheers
> Andrea
> On 23/04/2014 6:30 AM, Jim Hunt wrote:
>> Hi Fanus,
>>
>> Are you using Mac or Windows?  Did you apply Laz's firmware update 
>> that enables the use of shortcuts?  I don't remember the links Laz 
>> posted for the firmware update specific to your player, but that 
>> firmware update should be applied first.  Then, there are a couple 
>> ways you can go about applying my
>> patch:
>> Method 1: Unzip the patch and move the entire .rockbox folder to the 
>> root of your player, thereby merging that .rockbox folder with your 
>> player's .rockbox folder.  Say yes to merging folders and choose 
>> Copy/Replace each time.
>> Method 2: Go into the .rockbox folder you've extracted and copy the 
>> entire contents of it (there's one subdirectory and a shortcuts.txt
>> file) as-they-are into your player's .rockbox folder.  Choose 
>> Copy/Replace when asked about overwriting shortcuts.txt.
>>
>> Hope this helps.  I'm learning new things as I go also.  That's what's 
>> great about this list, we help each other.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
>> Behalf Of Fanus
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 7:15 AM
>> To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tmp] Re: How I Got Rockbox to Speak Shortcut Menu Items
>>
>> Hello Jim
>> Thanks for the patch but I do not know whether I am stupid or missing 
>> something but I am not sure exactly where the two files should lie. I 
>> suspect it must be in the existing .rockbox folder but if I copy them 
>> there, I do not get a shortcut item on the clip zip menu.
>> Where do I go wrong?
>> Regards
>> Fanus
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Hunt" <jhunt76@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: <laz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:06 AM
>> Subject: [tmp] How I Got Rockbox to Speak Shortcut Menu Items
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> OK, as promised, here is how I took the great work Laz had done and 
>> tweaked it to get Rockbox to speak shortcut menu items.
>>
>>
>>
>> First, I did promise you a patch.  If you don't wish to read through 
>> the explanation of how I did this (as I get a bit technical), go here 
>> and download the zip file:
>>
>> https://www.firedrive.com/file/770C72B99654B003
>>
>> Unzip the file to your computer, and copy the .rockbox folder inside, 
>> as-is, to the root of your player.  Important Note: the .rockbox 
>> folder in the zip file I'm sharing with you does not contain a 
>> complete replacement of the Rockbox firmware; it is just a .rockbox 
>> folder with files and a subdirectory that would be added/merged to 
>> your player's current .rockbox folder.  It's probably a good idea to 
>> make a backup of your player's.rockbox folder before merging the 
>> contents of my patch to the root of your player.
>> Next time you
>> boot up your player and go to shortcuts, not only will you be able to 
>> hear the time and date, but you'll also notice several other nice 
>> little surprises.
>>
>>
>>
>> Laz, feel free to include the contents of the zip file in your 
>> firmware packages if you'd like.
>>
>>
>>
>> OK, here's what I did.the technical explanation:
>>
>>
>>
>> First, I took a look at the files in the zip file Laz had created.  In 
>> it, in the .rockbox folder, there's a file called shortcuts.txt.
>> It was this
>> file I tweaked, and I also created a subdirectory in my player's 
>> .rockbox directory called shortcuttalk.  (That's "shortcut talk" all 
>> run together.
>> More on this subdirectory and how it is used a bit later.)
>>
>>
>>
>> After doing some research of my own on the Rockbox website, I found an 
>> interesting querk in Rockbox: in order to have shortcut menu items 
>> spoken, the shortcuts.txt file not only needs to include the names 
>> of.talk files, but the names of those .talk files should be preceded 
>> by their relative path.  This is where the shortcuttalk subdirectory I 
>> created comes in.  This subdirectory contains the .talk files the 
>> shortcut menu items will use.  So, here is what the new shortcuts.txt 
>> file will look like:
>>
>>
>>
>> [shortcut]
>>
>> type: time
>>
>> data: talk
>>
>> name: time
>>
>> talkclip: /.rockbox/shortcuttalk/time.talk
>>
>>
>>
>> [shortcut]
>>
>> type: time
>>
>> data: sleep 30
>>
>> name: sleep30
>>
>> talkclip: /.rockbox/shortcuttalk/sleep30.talk
>>
>>
>>
>> [shortcut]
>>
>> type: time
>>
>> data: sleep 60
>>
>> name: sleep60
>>
>> talkclip: /.rockbox/shortcuttalk/sleep60.talk
>>
>>
>>
>> [shortcut]
>>
>> type: time
>>
>> data: sleep 120
>>
>> name: sleep120
>>
>> talkclip: /.rockbox/shortcuttalk/sleep120.talk
>>
>>
>>
>> If you read all that, you might have figured out what the little 
>> surprises are.  OK I'll tell you, you can set the sleep timer from the 
>> shortcuts menu as well, and those items also speak.
>>
>>
>>
>> OK, the shortcuts.txt file is tweaked.  Next, I created the .talk 
>> files the shortcuts menu will use.  For this, I used several things:
>>
>> 1)      The Microsoft Text-to-Speech Server Platform with
>> the Zera Pro
>> voice;
>>
>> 2)      The free Balabolka program that converts Zera's
>> prompts to wave
>> files; Balabolka can be downloaded from 
>> http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm;
>>
>> 3)      A copy of the Rockbox Speex encoder executable that
>> comes packaged
>> with the Rockbox Utility; the encoder executable file is called 
>> rbspeexenc.exe.  I use this file via the command line to convert the 
>> wave files created by Balabolka to .talk files.
>>
>> Next, I moved the .talk files I created to the shortcuttalk 
>> subdirectory in the .rockbox folder.
>>
>>
>>
>> And that, my friends, is how I got shortcut menu items to speak.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here's the link again for the patch.
>>
>> https://www.firedrive.com/file/770C72B99654B003
>>
>>
>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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