Text to Speech on Co-Pilot?

vipergrm · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 82

Can anyone help me set this up? I thought Co-Pilot had the ability to pronounce Street names etc but so far mine never has. I only get the built in voices which are the worst quality I have heard from any navigation system. Many thanks guys,

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lbendlin · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject:

The CoPilot help pages describe in detail how to switch voices.

http://www.alk.com/support/copilotlive_pocketpc6/faqs_speech_2.asp
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Ako · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject:

Even though the web site in the link is ALK Europe the TTS files quoted are US files. By default the uk cab file installed is the TTSUK cab file and is male with no option for female. Not tried the US files so I'm not sure how they cope.

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PONDEROUS · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject:

vipergrm writes:

iankb · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:10 pm Post subject:

I find the Wave voice good, and the TTS voice acceptable, using an amplified mount. While the UK TTS voice is usable, I find the US voices a lot worse. I doubt that I would find any voice good enough if I didn't use an amplified mount.
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PONDEROUS · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject:

iankb writes:

iankb · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject:

If the problem is with the PDA's speaker, then using an amplified mount with the earphone socket can improve on the quality, as well as the volume. Easy enough to test by listening to the voices with some earphones.
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PONDEROUS · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

iankb writes:

PONDEROUS · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject:

.. when I said above "the same speakers" I meant the PDA speakers.
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vipergrm · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 82

Hi guys, many thanks for all your replies. The guide posted above for re-installing TTSUK worked a treat. I already installed this before but it never worked. I thought there may have been something that needed changed but it seems that the problem was with the initial installation. I find this version of CoPilot extremely buggy.

Every time I quit and restart, my version never updates. For example, if I put in new destinations and then quit and restart, they don't appear to update in my favourites. It seems to be stuck or something. Also, I tried to play with the custom routing. In theory, it's a great idea but it just doesn't work! Every time I put it back to basic mode it reverts back to 'advanced mode' every time I start the program. This means I have to constantly go into the settings and change this all the time. Quite frustrating. Has anyone else experienced these issues? I'm considering wiping my PDA and re-installing.

SOUND ISSUES

As for the sound, my Dell X30 produces decent and loud enough sounds. This is evident when I use Navigon. These voices are of a much higher quality than the muffled sounds of Copilot. I have no doubt the problem is the actual voice samples themselves. I use 'Jane'. Other voices such as the Aussie chick and the Americans seem to be better quality.

Nonetheless I am now using TTS which actually is much better than I thought it was going to be. I also have to point out that the Speed Camera database DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. The warnings just don't happen. Don't know why this is either. I am pretty sure I installed this correctly.

Many thanks for your help and support. One more thing, any ideas as to when Copilot will be releasing a patch for this version?

Thank you!

Viper

BMWBiker · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:34 am Post subject:

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