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    How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works

    A Demo of the iPod Shuffle's New Remote and Stereotypical, Robotic VoiceOver

    Bad Idea: Moving iPod Shuffle's Controls to the Headphones

    New iPod Shuffle Moves Buttons to Headphones, Adds Text to Speech

    New iPod Shuffle: Same Chip-Clip, Now With Nano's Hand-Me-Down Colors
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    Image of madog madog
    03/11/09

    In reply to Bad Idea: Moving iPod Shuffle's Controls to the Headphones
    I know the Apple Earbuds suck in the general sense, but Jesus Christ people, not everyone can have the exact same ears.


    My ears are weird and thus I can't put a pencil on top of them or a cigerette to look cool, but I'm not bitching at them to make some sort of curved Marlboro for me.


    This is exactly why you ladies can also purchase different sized tampons for your whining vaginas.

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/11/09

    In reply to Bad Idea: Moving iPod Shuffle's Controls to the Headphones
    Guess it's time to finally invest in a Zune now..
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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/11/09

    In reply to How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works
    If this is how things are going to go without Jobs at the helm, I think I am going to have to increase my prayer vigils to four times a day. I am sure this idea sounded great by the fourth hit, but really -- no salad in the office anymore, guys.
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    Image of GiantEnemyCrab GiantEnemyCrab
    03/11/09

    In reply to How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works
    I just watched the video on Apple.com showing off how it works, and just from the 3 seconds it had of a computer voice reading the music I was already annoyed. I think this is a bad idea. I think the (now) last gen iPod shuffle was just right. We're getting closer and closer to the iMac Wheel every day.
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    03/11/09

    @GiantEnemyCrab: The voice over is OPTIONAL. YOU ACTIVATE IT PER SONG, WITH A CLICK.
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    Image of Gordon McAlpin Gordon McAlpin
    03/11/09

    In reply to How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works
    You. Can. Turn. It. Off.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    03/11/09

    @Gordon McAlpin: Yes, but then why buy it?
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    03/11/09

    In reply to How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works
    This feature has been in Rockbox for a while now, mostly useless, but supremely useful if one requires it.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/11/09

    In reply to How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works
    So Microsoft Sam is going to be reading the song titles? Irony?
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    03/11/09

    In reply to How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works
    I think it will choke on !!!! by The Roots or the band named !!!. Just select that line of text and start speech to see what I mean.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    03/11/09

    @thechansen: Or how about songs titles with "733t 5p3ak" like off of Linkin Park's remix album? Go ahead and see what Dr. Sbatso says when you ask him to say "P5hng Me A*wy."
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    Image of bandit bandit
    03/11/09

    In reply to How the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver Works
    Clever but if this is how they do it, why can't they make it sound like a Garmin GPS, which has a much better voice sound? How do the GPS units do it, by the way? Text-to-speech or sampled sound fragments? Always wondered about that.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    03/11/09

    @bandit: has to be text to speech, since they haven't recorded the name of every street in the world in there.


    The real question is how do Garmin voices achieve C3P0-like condescension when you don't follow their directions: "Recalculating... recalculating... recalculating you fucking idiot... recalculating..."

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    Image of the_Sleepwalker the_Sleepwalker
    03/11/09

    In reply to A Demo of the iPod Shuffle's New Remote and Stereotypical, Robotic VoiceOver
    Name one other company that gets away with redesigning the SAME product every 18 months and is still successful. Plus, she's doing that stupid marketing finger-tint, open arms wide, finger-tent. You had me and you lost me.


    The controls on that thing are laughable. Can you imagine how much "clicking" you'll be doing? And pick a new song. We get it, you like indie chick pop.

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    Image of @prixdc @prixdc
    03/11/09

    In reply to A Demo of the iPod Shuffle's New Remote and Stereotypical, Robotic VoiceOver
    I want the voice over to sound like GLaDOS.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/11/09

    @@prixdc: And, I want the player to say goodbye when the battery is like no way
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/11/09

    In reply to A Demo of the iPod Shuffle's New Remote and Stereotypical, Robotic VoiceOver
    Nuts to the "She's not attractive!" crowd. Go back to your buck-toof hee-hawstresses back at the farm, ya goofs!


    I'm kidding of course. You people are all beautiful.

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    03/11/09

    In reply to A Demo of the iPod Shuffle's New Remote and Stereotypical, Robotic VoiceOver
    Sorry, I am an Apple tech and still would not buy one of these. I can get something like a MuVo T200 for cheaper.



    and have an actual display, not some idiot device talking to me.


    and yes I know, Creative needs to update their stock.

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    Image of highfloydelity highfloydelity
    03/11/09

    In reply to A Demo of the iPod Shuffle's New Remote and Stereotypical, Robotic VoiceOver
    When she said, "but first, let's take a look at that great new design", was I the only that thought, "What design?".
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    03/11/09

    @highfloydelity: Yes.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    03/11/09

    In reply to A Demo of the iPod Shuffle's New Remote and Stereotypical, Robotic VoiceOver
    That chick is pretty cute. She reminds me of Meryl from Metal Gear Solid 4.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    03/11/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Dude, use that line. that's a panty-dropper.
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