How do you change the voice over voice on your iPod shuffle from female to male?

Answer 1

First, you need to enable hidden folders and files.

Then in iTunes, enable Disk Mode on your iPod. After Disk Mode is enabled, go to My Computer (XP) or Computer (Vista and 7). Find your iPod, and open it. You will see a folder called iPod_Control. Open it. Inside, you will see iTunes, Music, and Speakable.

The iTunes folder contains information about your iTunes library. Leave that alone.

The Music folder contains the music files on your iPod. Leave that alone also.

The Speakable folder contains what your looking for. The VoiceOver voice files.

Here's the tedious part. Get a microphone and recording software or a TTS software. Either one needs to be able to save to .WAV format.

Open the Messages folder for available options.

Listen carefully and replace each one. Easy enough.

Now go back and go into the Playlists folder. You will see 3 or more files, depending on how many playlists you have.

Listen carefully and replace each one. Even easier.

Here is the not-so-hard-but-very-time-consuming part.

Go back and enter the Tracks folder. You will see many files with names composed of alphanumeric titles.

Again, listen carefully and replace each one. This will take anywhere from 15 minutes to 3 hours, depending on how large your library is.

Now go back to the main folder and make a backup of the iPod_Control folder, this is MANDATORY. If you sync your iPod again, all of your newly made VoiceOver messages will be replaced with the defaults, so when your done syncing, copy and replace this folder over again.

There! You now have your own custom VoiceOver voice! Enjoy...

Answer 2

First, you need to enable hidden folders and files.

Then in iTunes, enable Disk Mode on your iPod. After Disk Mode is enabled, go to My Computer (XP) or Computer (Vista and 7). Find your iPod, and open it. You will see a folder called iPod_Control. Open it. Inside, you will see iTunes, Music, and Speakable.

The iTunes folder contains information about your iTunes library. Leave that alone.

The Music folder contains the music files on your iPod. Leave that alone also.

The Speakable folder contains what your looking for. The VoiceOver voice files.

Here's the tedious part. Get a microphone and recording software or a TTS software. Either one needs to be able to save to .WAV format.

Open the Messages folder for available options.

Listen carefully and replace each one. Easy enough.

Now go back and go into the Playlists folder. You will see 3 or more files, depending on how many playlists you have.

Listen carefully and replace each one. Even easier.

Here is the not-so-hard-but-very-time-consuming part.

Go back and enter the Tracks folder. You will see many files with names composed of alphanumeric titles.

Again, listen carefully and replace each one. This will take anywhere from 15 minutes to 3 hours, depending on how large your library is.

Now go back to the main folder and make a backup of the iPod_Control folder, this is MANDATORY. If you sync your iPod again, all of your newly made VoiceOver messages will be replaced with the defaults, so when your done syncing, copy and replace this folder over again.

There! You now have your own custom VoiceOver voice! Enjoy...