After its success on macs, apple added voiceover to the ipod shuffle. Now in its fourth generation, the ipod shuffle features an allmetal, unibody design with an integrated belt clip for listening to the player in a handsfree fashion, as well as 2gb of flash memory storage and voiceover capabilities for audibly reporting song. Im giving an ipod shuffle away on my music website war on sound and would love for you to come check it out. The feature is designed to increase accessibility for blind and lowvision users, as well as for users with dyslexia. If you have the apple earphones with remote and mic or the inear headphones with remote and mic, you can also use voiceover to navigate playlists. Deliver a dummy playlist to the ipod to force a new voiceover build. Just press the new voiceover button on top of your ipod shuffle, and it tells you.
The voice over isnt working quite as i expected it to on my new ipod shuffle, it doesnt tell me the names of songs, and instead of telling me the names of the playlists on my shuffle, it says playlist 1, playlist 2 etc. I find the voice over to be a bit creepy personally, and it sometimes will voice over when i dont push the button, seems like you think it needs some work too. Just press the voiceover button on top of your ipod shuffle, and it tells you. The ipod shuffle is displayed at an apple special event in 2010. The ipod shuffle is not a good choice as an audiobook player for most users. New ipod shuffle 4g 2010, with buttons, voice commandsinfo. When you connect your ipod to the computer, click the ipod icon, then tick manually manage music. If you dont see this in your info panel it means that the voiceover kit is not installed. Connect your ipod touch to your pcmac and run itunes. Despite the presence of ipod syncing apps under linux, my experience was annoying.
This video guide walks you through the process of enabling and how to use the voiceover feature on your ipod shuffle through itunes. Shuffle 4g changed compared to its predecessors regarding the database format and new features, so a lot of plugins and apps dont work as expected. Click entire music library if you want to put all the music in your icloud music library on your shuffle. By using voiceover, the user can access their macintosh or ios device based on spoken descriptions and, in the case of the mac, the keyboard. Select the music you want to put on your ipod shuffle. Voiceover kit release information and compatibility matrix. Any skipping around from one track to another will ruin the experience and force the listener to start over or give up altogether. Voiceover kit is a shareware software in the category desktop developed by apple inc. Released on january 11, 2005 during the macworld expo, the firstgeneration ipod shuffle weighed 0. Once you do get music on your computer, you can use itunes to sync your playlistslibrary to your ipod. The ipod shuffle is a digital audio player designed and formerly marketed by apple inc. Apple voiceover kit for ipod allows you to hear the names of songs, artists, and playlists spoken when listening to content on your ipod.
It is a basic mp3 player, not too many features, which is probably the point of the shuffle. I check the option to enable voiceover and press apply, and it asks me to download and install the voiceover update. So, at this time you can recover ipod data from the ipod touch, classic, nano, shuffle and mini. If you stream music to ipod from pc using itunes then its really bad for you.
The ipod shuffle was discontinued by apple on july 27, 2017. Scroll to bottom of summary settings and select enable voice over then apply and then sync. Shuffle music player is portable program that plays music solely in random order. Usb charger data sync cable for apple 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th gen ipod shuffle. We are providing best 5 ways for you to stream music to ipod from pc without losing old songs. Next, create a playlist, adding all of the songs that you want to put onto your ipod. You can even use voiceover to hear the names of playlists and. When setup is complete, voiceover is enabled on ipod shuffle. The start button is towards the left, in the middle. Say youre listening to a song and want to know the title or the artist. It was checked for updates 817 times by the users of our client application updatestar during the last month the latest version of voiceover kit is 1. Your voice notes will then be synced to your itunes library. On itunes, connect your shuffle and change the voice over language to english australian or english british to get a female voiceover on your ipod. I personally think the australian version speaks better than the two.
The 1st version was released on oct 23, 2001, and over the years other modernized versions with better features have been released. According to apple, citation needed owners of existing ipods had often left the music selection to shuffle, and the new ipod shuffle was a way of implementing that in a much more. The main ux change you need to be aware of with voiceover enabled is that a single tap selects an element and a doubletap anywhere on the screen will cause a simulated tap on the element which is currently selected. To hear the title and artist of the song, press the voiceover button on the top of the fourthgeneration ipod shuffle or press and hold the center button of the earbuds remote controller for a thirdgeneration ipod shuffle and if you press the center button twice quickly to go to the next track, the next message plays as well. Greek, hungarian, italian, japanese, korean, norwegian, polish, portuguese. Choose the music option, then a new screen will appear. A quick overview on using the voice over function on 4th gen ipod shuffle. Manual download voice over for ipod shuff apple community. Under the autofill from section, select the playlist that you have created and click autofill. Btw i found your comment spam post pretty hilarious. When you connect a new shuffle 3gs, itunes would download voice over kit for ipod, it happens on windows and mac. This guide is designed to help you load both mp3 and wma audiobooks onto a sh. My mac is isolate and cant connect to internet, so i would liket to download it manualy. You can see this article on how to download youtube audio only downloading audio from a youtube video while watching youtube videos you might have come across videos.
I agree and it appears to download, but then gives me the error, itunes was unable to install the voiceover kit. How to enable and use the voiceover function on your ipod shuffle. Voiceover will surely be the next big hit on your ipod shuffle. The shuffles voiceover feature is a different beast. They like listening to their albums from beginning to end.
Click on your ipod touch icon at the left side of the interface. Utgivningsinformation for voiceover kit och matris over kompabilitet. How can i convert youtube vidoes to my ipod shuffle for. Shuffle music player is a free media player program for windowsbased pcs, developed by free software project. How to transfer voice memos trom ipod to computer imyfone. The model also features voiceover from the third generation, now with a devoted. How can i unlock an ipod touch which has voiceover enabled. So i just got a used ipod shuffle 4th gen and everything works, except i cant enable voiceover for it. Choose a voiceover language from the popup menu on the options tab. The new ipod shuffle comes in silver or black and features a sleek and ultrawearable design with a builtin stainless steel clip. Select system repair, then connect your ipod to your computer with a usb cable and dr. Apple ipod shuffle 2gb mp3 player 5th generation silver. I find it absolutely insanely stupid that apple would do such a thing.
For starters, itunes now prompts users to download a multilanguage voice pack that provides. The ipod comes with computer cables so that the user can put music from their computer onto the ipod, and play music from it using headphones. Apple ipod shuffle 4gb with voiceover track announcements. The voice recognition is fairly goodits just doing a best match for whats on the ipod, and you have to preface the names you say by keywords album, artist, or playlist, which limits the.
Enabling voiceover in itunes for ipod shuffle 4th generation allows you to hear the names of songs, artists, and playlists spoken when. Apple details new voice over controls for ipod shuffle. Do i have to buy the songs off itunes er something to get the voice over to work properly. Suggested way get ipod shuffle music with ipod shuffle converter. It is my understanding that you turn off voiceover by disabling theoption in itunes and then resync the ipod.
Newer ipods allow a user to play games, view pictures, watch videos and use the internet, too. Give your songs a voice say youre listening to a song and want to know the title or the artist. Follow the instructions on this kb article to download and install it. Right click on the song you can select more than one, select get info, choose the options tab, and pick english for the voice over language. Software version, date released, ipod shuffle 3rd generation, ipod shuffle. Some people may only familiar with the normal way that has mentioned in the above passage, so it is necessary for me to introduce a good another way to get ipod shuffle music, that is to find an ipod shuffle converter imagine that if you have a lot of music videos or if your friends have a lot of music resources, but your. I invite you to search makeuseof for download music to find all the different ways that are out there. Just select the directories or files and click play and the player chooses the music for you. The ipod is a range of portable music players designed by the company apple inc. How to download youtube webinars audio only to my ipod. Its under settings in the left pane of the window, under your ipods image.
No need for formal installation, just download and launch the program. The smallest device in apples lineup of ipod digital portable music players. Often, i clip the shuffle over the cables of inear headphones and wear it like a pendant on a necklace. When done eject your ipod and when you next use your ipod press.
This option is great for finding your music, podcasts and playlists. Flip it to the middle, and your songs play in order. Voiceover ist eine bei apples macossystemen ab version mac os x tiger mitgelieferte. For the fourthgeneration, apple brought the ipod shuffles buttons back, along with a few extra features that make the lightest, smallest mp3. However, it is a good tool for the visually impaired, because it can be operated entirely by touch once audiobooks have been loaded onto it. The new ipod shuffle 3g music players have been out for just more than two weeks now, and some people are having problems with the voiceover feature where. Enabling voiceover for ipod allows you to hear the names of songs, artists, and playlists spoken when listening to content on your ipod. Swipe right or left with two fingers until you see or hear settings. According to apple page my ipod is able to talk the name of the songs give your songs a voice.
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