So the lang file defines the list of words that the device needs - and the voice file is a tagged stack of mp3 clips? I changed the menu on the X3 - removing everything except bookmarks, files and settings to simplify the interface. All fine - but in the settings the voice and the screen don't...

I do it partly because he's a mate, and partly because I think it's so ridiculous that the technology to make life easy and fun for blind people is long since been developed, but no manufacturer is interested. All the money is in selling shiny colour screens to teenagers. He has a sansa which...

Thanks. Unfortunately I've already sent the X3 to my blind friend. I will see if he gets fed up with mumbling Marvin before changing.   The voicebox SPEEX voice is the best. It's really clear and well spoken. Shame we can't generate the file from that. I don't understand how the voice file...

Thanks XVortex. Installed and it all works. It didn't default to having the english voice - but I added the depressed robot back in and it works!

Thanks. Do we need to add both the new update.zip and the rockbox folder again?

I get the refill handler panic. But only now and again.

Seemed to work first time! Thanks masseo1. The voice seems to be some gloomy old robot!   Still getting a panic error every so often. But it auto reboots and gets on with it.

Fantastic. I'm away from home tonight for work, so I'll install and test tomorrow. Thanks for the help. Really appreciate it :)

Thanks masseo1! I need English.uk but I can tolerate American at a stretch ;)

I tried downloading a voice file from rockbox and putting it in the langs folder - but that didn't work. Also I couldn't figure out why the files were specific to a device. I'd be very grateful if you could elaborate a little on the method I would need to use to get the menus speaking. Thanks...

In answer to my own question, it is the same process to customise the main menu. The only issue being that the system menu doesn't appear. Possibly it is triggered by something other than the default system_menu name.

Ah! Here it is.    Masseo1 - dumb question - but where do I run the "make voice" compiler? Is it on the device itself? The latest update makes the individual file talk files work perfectly.

I reset to stock, then set up Rockbox again with the new release. Not sure if I did something wrong. It worked well - but again crashed when I tried and add voice.   I changed the Voice settings to:   Voice Menus = Yes Voice directories = off use directory.talk clips = Yes Voice file...

Great news about the update XVortex!   Unfortunately I didn't go about updating correctly. I think I should have reverted to stock first. It's crashed out... and I am trying to work out how to force it to shut down.   Once I work out what I have done wrong, I will do some more testing.

I could be wrong (don't have the device to hand), but it just boots off the card. You can take the card out, boot to stock and then put the card in. Apologies if I'm wrong. Can check tomorrow night.

1 - Slot 1 (nearest the top of the player) 2 - take the sd card out!

I can't find a clip zip for under £80 ($100usd)! I take it that the clip jam is a different beast?

Sounds great. I can get the x3 to read the talk files for file names. It just crashes after 4 or 5 in a row. I'm guessing that the menu talk files are just absent?

Thanks for the info. I had set up a sansa clip previously for my blind friend. He used it for 3 years and now it's died. But they are getting hard to find now. They cost more for a new one than the xduoo! It's crazy. The sansa is the only supported device that takes sd cards - which makes it...

Thanks. I will try and get into the forum when it's up and offer my services as a beta tester.

I must be unlucky. The rockbox forum has been down the last 3 different times I checked. Once before Xmas, once during, and today. The rockbox people certainly don't deserve my anger. Its just frustration. The requirements for a blind person's mp3 are so basic that they can be served with 20...

Still not got any response from the creator of this port regarding the voice files. Really frustrating.   There is just no manufacturer that produces an MP3 player for blind people. No money in it. And the Rockbox forums seem to have been down for ages - add to which the only devices they...

Thanks for the reply. Yes it's all free. But free can be the most costly option sometimes! There is really no other good solution for an mp3 player for blind people who want to listen to audio books.

Made a little progress. I initially created the .talk files on Voicebox with LAME - but those didn't work, so I recreated them with Speex - and they are sounding good - but crashing after 4 or 5 voiced file names  - giving an error of *PANIC* Stkov voice.  Any tips anyone? This particular port...

Just to add - I have set up the talk files and checked them on the pc - VLAN can hear them - and they all seem to sound fine. But now when I add them to the library - there is a noise when I click on the file - but it's not a complete word. Just a smudged fragment of sound. And after scrolling...