Voice Over Feedback/Suggestion

Apple,
I would like to be able to cut and paste (into a Sticky Note that syncs with Shuffle?) my workouts as emailed by my trainer here in NY-
then-
when I choose "Workout"- as my "playlist"-I would like to have Voice Over read back the workout to me.
Optionally- Dividing each exercise by a return/new paragraph, and having Voice Over state the exercise/reps/weight with each new song, would be killer (I could then advance or replay using usual controls).
Thanks for a great product.

Although I don't know exactly how the iPod shuffle does its VoiceOver magic, I doubt the shuffle is actually generating the voice you hear. That is probably done by iTunes on your computer, with every possible name of song, album, and playlist pre-recorded (by the computer voice) into small audio snippets that get synced to the shuffle along with the songs, and used as needed by VoiceOver.
So you are asking for a feature that reads a longer paragraph into an audio file during the iTunes sync process. Certainly not impossible, as long as there is a way to avoid someone trying to put a BOOK into that paragraph.
I just did a test in iTunes to see how long I could make a playlist name. There did not seem to be a limit. I put complete sentences in there. I don't have the new shuffle (yet), but if you do, try creating a workout playlist; name it so that t starts with the playlist name and includes all the other details you want. See if VoiceOver will read that entire long name to you. Apple may have implemented a limit to the length of the spoken playlist title; it would be interesting to know.

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