If you go to Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Audio, Audio Ducking is the second item.
First is VoiceOver Sounds and haptics. IN there you can choose between the three states, off, always on, or while speaking. If you put it on the rotor under Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Rotor, Rotor Items, you can adjust the settings on the fly with the rotor instead of having to go into settings every time. HTH, Richard, “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” – Jane Wagner, from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tony Sweeney Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2025 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Reducing back ground to heaer VO properly Yes I did go to settings and I couldn't find audio-ducking but as you tell me it's in accessibility. A good tip is the search tool for sure. Thanks, Tony On 02/08/2025 18:12, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote: I like teachable moments. When you are looking for a setting, you can go to the settings app and in the top left, is a search field. In this case I typed: Audio Ducking And the result was, Accessibility → VoiceOver → Audio Then, go to VoiceOver settings, Rotor, Rotor Items and select the ones for audio ducking and ducking amount. HTH, Richard, USA "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." -- John Wesley My web site: https://www.turner42.com (sent from my iPhone 16 pro) On Aug 2, 2025, at 10:06 AM, Tony Sweeney <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: Richard, It's when I'm trying to mute or close off a station, I can't hear with VO properly so looks lkike The percentage of the Ducking Amount is a good suggestion in my case. Where do we find audio-ducking? Interesting that you can put it on the rotor. Tony On 02/08/2025 17:59, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote: It is called Audio Ducking. There are now two parts to audio ducking. 1. Audio ducking on always, or while VO is speaking, or off. 2. The percentage of the Ducking Amount. 1% would be virtually no ducking of the media, 99% would be almost total ducking of the media sounds, music, book, etc. Those are items in the rotor that you can select so you can adjust them as needed. HTH, Richard, USA "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." -- John Wesley My web site: https://www.turner42.com (sent from my iPhone 16 pro) On Aug 2, 2025, at 9:01 AM, Tony Sweeney <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: Hi folk, I wonder is there a command or whatever to reduce background music or radio sound when trying to hear VO. Something like as in NVDA where there is a keystroke for reducing background sound? Thanks, Tony -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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