Enabling VoiceOver in iPod shuffle (3rd generation)

VoiceOver makes it easy to navigate through your content in iPod shuffle (3rd generation), by announcing the names of playlists, songs, and artists, along with battery status and other messages. To hear these announcements, you need to install the VoiceOver Kit and enable VoiceOver in iTunes.

If VoiceOver isn’t enabled, you still hear generic playlist names (Playlist 1, Playlist 2, and so on) and other messages, in English only. You don’t hear song or artist names.

To find out more about VoiceOver, see:

To enable VoiceOver when you set up your iPod shuffle:

  • Connect your iPod shuffle to your computer.

  • Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes. When iPod Setup Assistant appears, Enable VoiceOver is selected by default.

  • Click Continue, and then follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the VoiceOver Kit.

  • Choose the primary language for VoiceOver from the pop-up menu below Enable VoiceOver (in the Summary pane).

Note:Foreign language song names may be announced by a different voice.

  • Click Apply.

    When setup is complete, VoiceOver is enabled on your iPod shuffle.

To enable VoiceOver at a later time:

  • Connect your iPod shuffle to your computer.

  • In iTunes, select your iPod shuffle (below Devices), and then click the Summary tab.

  • Select Enable VoiceOver (below VoiceOver).

  • Click Apply.

  • Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the VoiceOver Kit.

  • Choose the primary language for VoiceOver from the pop-up menu below Enable VoiceOver.

Note:Foreign language song names may be announced by a different voice.

  • Click Apply.

    When syncing is complete, VoiceOver is enabled.

To turn off VoiceOver:

  • In iTunes, select your iPod shuffle (below Devices), and then click the Summary tab.

  • Deselect Enable VoiceOver.

  • Click Apply.

    When syncing is complete, VoiceOver is turned off.

Related Topics

Adding songs to iPod shuffle (3rd generation)

Enabling VoiceOver in iPod shuffle (3rd generation)