Voice over - volume

Need help.
volume of ringtone and music is ok but can't setup the volume of voice control.
the voice control lady is barely audible and volume bar is at maximum
iphone4
iOS5

Hi there,
Not sure if this will help, but I think you can use a mic to do a voice over. You can use the line in option when setting up the voice over. But you must have a quarter inch jack on the mic.
Saxman10

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You're right, we weren't on the same page, and now I understand!
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I have a macbook of the previous gen. with OSX leopard. Last night a voice-over turned on which talks to everything I do even telling me on what internet site I am, everything that I was using was outlined. And the keys had an other order. So for example: F11 was not for turning down volume but became the expose button.
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When I watch certain channels On Demand on my ipad, there is a voice-over for the visually impaired .. a narrator that describes every single little thing the characters are doing (which is amusing when it's a sex scene). I cannot find any way to turn this off. It's mostly on USA network. I have looked everywhere and can't find a way to shut it off. It has nothing to do with the closed-captioning, or the audio/secondary audio function. Can anyone help?

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I just try the log out and log back in thing and it did not turn back on. I then tried restarting all together and it did not turn back on. So i guess it is fixed. I wish i knew what happened to have it turn back on though. I'm really sure how i could have accidentally hit cmd & F5 to turn it on but i guess i must have. I was probably adjusting the volume and some how had my finger on the cmd button instead of 'fn'. Another I D 10 T error lol.
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