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

  • From: Laz <accessibleelectronics@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:45:31 -0400

For those who didn't save the links, here they are again:

Clip Plus players

http://www.wuala.com/TalkingMP3Players/Firmware/Clip%20Plus/.rockbox%20with%20shortcuts.zip/

Clip Zip players:

http://www.wuala.com/TalkingMP3Players/Firmware/Clip%20Zip/.rockbox%20with%20shortcuts.zip/

Regards,

Laz

On 4/22/14, Jim Hunt <jhunt76@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wuala must be doing some maintenance right now, I can't even bring up the
> TalkingMP3Players directory or even the Wuala main page.  When it comes
> back, try this:
> https://www.wuala.com/talkingmp3players/Firmware/
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Rhonda
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 8:16 PM
> To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tmp] Re: Drat, The Links Did Break - was RE: How I Got Rockbox to
> Speak Shortcut Menu Items
>
> 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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