Hi. Do you have to hold down a certain button to give such an instruction to the music player? On 29/11/2011, Carol Pearson <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 -- MSN Saqib500@xxxxxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq