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