Voice warnings

Lionley · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 2

Before updating my TOM TOM one I had a voice tell me the type and speed of the cameras (I remember downloading this voice). e.g. "Gatso 40" Now I have to set it up with a bell or chime. Is the voice still available or am I stuck with the Tom Tom chimes?

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

First thing you need to tell us... TomTom's own camera data or the one from this site?

porkypenguin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 01, 2008 Posts: 14

I understand that, to get street names spoken during the giving of driving instructions, one has to use a computer generated voice? Which of TT's voices are computer generated please? There seems to be no way of finding out and TT won't answer my e mail queries on the subject!

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject:

The 2 English GB voices are Kate and Simon.
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porkypenguin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 01, 2008 Posts: 14

Oldboy - you are most kind. However, I log into my account, go to extras and voices and there is a selection, either free or to buy, but none of them are Kate or Simon. Are you able to guide me to them, please?

Anita · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject:

porkypenguin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 01, 2008 Posts: 14

Many thanks Anita. I shall be on the case tomorrow when I am at home on my own computer. I am obliged to you for your help.

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject:

porkypenguin.... this might be obvious, but you need a model that supports text to speech in order to use "computer" voices.
On any model that can... at least one is pre-installed and is labelled as a "computer voice" on the selection pages.

What model do you have?

Dilcymro · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 09, 2006 Posts: 376

Hi all, I was going to start a new topic on voice warnings, but seeing as this one is running I will add to this .

I have installed all the PGPS speed cams and the voice warnings on my TTgo 520 and up to now have had no probs, mobile warnings being spoken as I approach.

Now , last saturday going shopping to a different town, got another warning, but no voice, just a bell, thought I was outside a church for a minute. Could be a different type of cam.

Does anyone have any idea why I got this? What do I need to do to rectify?

I dont know if it is a corrupted file or a missing file maybe. Obviously have tried a re-boot etc. If anyone could give me any suggestions/advice please.

Thanks......
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Anita · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:

Could be the "overspeed" warning? If you select Change preferences, Safety preferences, you can choose to be warned when driving faster than allowed and/or faster than a set speed. The default sound for both of these is "Bell 1".
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richard345 · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:00 am Post subject:

Could it be perhaps a 'pmobile'? Did you see a speed camera icon pop up? If so was it mainly black? I believe you need an additional set of /ogg files for 'pmobiles'.
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Dilcymro · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 09, 2006 Posts: 376

Hi again,
Thanks for the quick replies. Now, the overspeed warning I have heard a couple of times and that was a double bong, didnt half make me jump though.

The Pmobile is a posibillity though as I couldnt see a fixed cam in the area it said it was. As we dont have a lot of fixed speed cams in this area , what colour would gatso`s etc show on the screen please? then I would have an inkling of what i am looking at.

Thanks again for the replies Wink

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Anita · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject:

Dilcymro · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 09, 2006 Posts: 376

Thanks for the reply Anita,

Ok, I have the overspeed warning set, prob a good thing anyway so will leave that.

I then chose a route where I know there are mobile cams, that was ok and I got the voice warnings for the cams, black cams in white box-ok.

I then did a demo route to the town I went to last saturday, came up to the camera location and got a bong/bell, checked the camera icon , think it was a white cam in a black box so it looks like its a pmobil. Now , is it better to install the voice files for the pmobiles or leave as is, so I know thats what it is and can differentiate between them Rolling Eyes

Thanks for your help again, everything is so easy to pick up on this unit ,so user friendly.
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Freedomwalker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 16, 2008 Posts: 7

While we are on the topic of voices, how do you change the voice "You have reached your destination" with a custom one which I have downloaded from TonTom Home? I looked all over the menu on my TT One v3 and cannt find where you can change it.

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