Text To Speech Works Fine on 510/710

DracUK · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 02, 2005 Posts: 133

And I love my 510 with TTS :D

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject:

gadget_sa · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject:

Excuse my ignorance.... but whats TMC??

Ta from a thickie!!
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Steve

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peteward · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 36

I wonder if I can come in here and ask exactly what files are needed in order for TTS to work?

The reason I ask is that I have a 910 and TTS is broken. It broke after I reformatted the disk and restored from my first backup. Yes, I did a complete backup so TTS files present in it, thank goodness.

Not only will TTS not work, but the computer voices are not present in the voices list. I am pretty sure that I have every file from the loquandoTTS directory present, and I therefore assume there are other files needed in other directories in order for TTS to work.

OTOH, it could simply be yet another broken TomTom satnav that needs to go back. It isn't the first time....

Oldboy · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:40 am Post subject:

There's a file called libaec.so in the Root of the Drive. What it does I don't know, but I believe it's related to TTS.
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TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1135

peteward · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 36

Yes, I see that. I also see that it's a different size in my original backup to what's there now. I guess it was changed by the new release of software. I tried replacing the current version with my backup version but it didn't change the behaviour.

peteward · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 36

Well I have had great support from Ronnie at TomTom. The cause of the problem is that the TT HOME backup utility folds all filenames to lower case. The 910, being a Linux device, is not blind to case, and the Loquendo files have complex capitalisation. Once I restored from my initial backup I disabled TTS.

Ronnie sent me some screenshots to show what the capitalisation should be within the LoquendoTTS directory. I went through renaming the files and the computer voices now work again.

It's therefore probably best to take a copy of the device (or at least the Loquendo TTS directory) using Explorer rather than TT HOME, and keep it safe. TT HOME backup doesl not support the 910 correctly. A file listing would also be a good idea.

Now Kate's working again, it's great. But I don't think we should have to debug TomTom's basic utilities out in the field. This is unacceptable.

mikealder · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:05 pm Post subject:

Not only is this unacceptable it could affect hundreds of users, I did suffer a similar problem with my 910 TTS and at least one other forum user has been affected. At least we now know the solution but its easier to rely on Windows Explorer to get the vital back-up, to be honest this is how I recovered my device. Over time I am sure more people will experience this problem - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject:

That's serious....
I've already bookmarked this thread for when this problem crops up again Evil or Very Mad

kpnuts · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 18, 2005 Posts: 2

Hi Richard
Where exactly did you place the Loquendo TTS Folder? on the 510/710

Oldboy · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject:

cazmar · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: tts

TTS runs fine on a tomtom original one with v6.15 but will not run on my wifes tt1 v4.Unless anyone knows different. Wink

:D

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject:

That is correct and running Text To Speech on any device other than a 910 is outside of the scope of the license you purchased - this is why TomTom altered the software and locked out other devices from using the earlier code - Mike

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