Hi all, I know I'm responding a bit late on this but I wanted to see if others responded first. I like the shortcuts and use the time-announce shortcut often. As far as having the shortcuts be a regular part of player firmware updates, my feelings on this are mixed. The plusses: others may like the shortcuts on their players and once they're there, they're straight-forward, they're easy to use. The minuses: shortcuts and shortcut lists are more involved to set up and get talking properly. (Hopefully some day Rockbox can further simplify the process.) Different people understandably like different voices; different strokes for different folks, and that's cool, and there are of course different languages. There is also one little buggaboo I've noticed: something seems to have happened to my player's shortcuts.txt file recently, the shortcuts list got messed up somehow so I had to copy the one I made back into my player's .rockbox folder. Laz, perhaps as firmware updates become available, you could make two versions of the update--a version with shortcuts and a version without shortcuts? Don, as far as creating a shortcut to speak the remaining battery power, I have explored this online on Rockbox.org, and it looks as though Rockbox does not have the ability for that kind of shortcut yet. I agree with you, that would be awesome, and hopefully Rockbox can include that possibility some day. Cheers, Jim -----Original Message----- From: tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tmp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Laz Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:56 AM To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tmp] Re: Shortcuts, worth it or not? I think most folks would agree with you, Don. As I said, it's being looked at as time allows. Regards, Laz On 5/9/14, Don Ball <donball10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think they are fine but I would like to see a battery status short cut. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Laz" <accessibleelectronics@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "tmp" <tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 3:39 PM > Subject: [tmp] Shortcuts, worth it or not? > > >> This is just for those who have tried the shortcuts on a Clip Plus or >> Clip >> >> Zip. >> >> Let me know what you think. Is it worth putting them on all Clip Plus >> and Zip players or does it not make much difference to the average >> user? >> >> I'd appreciate your take on this if you've tried using the shortcuts. >> >> All the best, >> >> Laz >> >> -- >> Talking MP3 Players with stereo FM radio, voice recording, and >> expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! >> >> Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players: >> http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players >> / >> >> See our current special: >> http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html >> >> Join our mailing list by sending a blank email with the word >> subscribe as the subject to: >> tmp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> Email: laz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Skype: lazmesa >> Phone: 727 498-0121 >> Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr >> Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa >> > > > -- Talking MP3 Players with stereo FM radio, voice recording, and expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email with the word subscribe as the subject to: tmp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: laz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com