iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual, Fourth Edition

Shareware for Windows

Although Mac fans have a few more programs to choose from, Windows shareware for the iPod has also popped up around the Web. You can find links to all these programs on the “Missing CD” page at http://www.missingmanuals.com.

Figure D-3. With iSpeak It, just import or paste in some text, and the program converts it to an audio track and sends it to iTunes–where it syncs up with your iPod.

• EphPod. The now-familiar wonderware for Windows does more than copy songs and Outlook contacts to the iPod (Section 2.6.3.2)—it can also fetch news and weather updates.

• iPodLibrary. Serious eBook readers who juggle multiple formats—like .lit, .pdf, .html, and .txt—can use iPodLibrary (Figure D-4) to get their daily literary fix. This free program can import your existing eBook files, dice them up into Notes-approved 4 KB bites, and link them together for you automatically.

• iNote. This small Window program takes great big long text files and crunches them down into the linked 4 KB chunks that the iPod’s Notes reader can easily digest and display.

Figure D-4. Top: The iPodLibrary program for Windows can convert electronic books in several formats into the iPod’s Notes format quickly and easily. Just locate your desired eBook on your hard drive, give it a name so you can find it in ...