[access-uk] Re: Voice control for the IPod Touch

  • From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:50:20 -0000

Hi Andy:

Say, "Play songs by ..." and then the name of the artist.

--
Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: ANDY COLLINS
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 11:39 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Voice control for the IPod Touch

> Hi Carol - What do I need to do to ask for an artist
> please? Might upgrade to eos5 if I can use voice to ask
> for tracks, I was put off because I would lose my current
> female voice, and I can hear her ok with my hearing loss!
> -    
> 
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carol Pearson
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 11:14 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Voice control for the IPod Touch
> 
> 
> Andy,
> 
> If you haven't upgraded to IOS 5 then you can't ask for a
> track but you can play an album or songs by an artist. 
> 
> HTH:
> 
> --
> Carol P
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: ANDY COLLINS
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 8:05 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Voice control for the IPod Touch
> 
> > Hi all -
> >
> > This is about the IPod Touch 4 gen that hasn't had the
> > latest IOS upgrade.
> >
> > If I pause music I am listening to, and I press and hold
> > the home key, I hear a couple of bleeps, and the
> > Australian female voice says "no music playing." So, If
> > I start playing a track, and then press and hold the
> > home key, again, I hear a couple of bleeps, and my usual
> > female English voice over woman says: "voice control."
> > If I then speak an artists name, or song title, it
> > doesn't seem to matter, the Australian female voice
> > comes back and says:  "playing songs by ..." it can be
> > any artist, but never the one I asked for. I've fiddled
> > around with this, and some times the Australian voice
> > will say: "playing songs by queen" for example, and the
> > IPod then goes through my Queen tracks.
> >
> > Anybody give me some pointers how to make voice
> > activation work better for me? Is it possible to just
> > say a song title to the IPod [say when using the home
> > key] and it will start to play?
> >
> > Thanks -
> >
> > Andy

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