Selecting A Voice - TomTom Blue&Me Manual

Selecting a voice

To change the voice being used by your Blue&Me-TomTom, tap Voices in
the Preferences menu, then tap Change voice. Select a voice from the list.
Your Blue&Me-TomTom has two different kinds of voices:
Voice
preferences
• Computer voices
These are generated by your Blue&Me-TomTom. They provide spoken
instructions while you are driving and can pronounce street names and
announce messages, traffic reports, weather reports, tips and tutorials.
• Human voices
These are recorded by an actor.
Note: Human voices only provide spoken instructions.
How do computer voices work?
Your Blue&Me-TomTom makes use of text-to-speech technology to generate
computer voices. A text-to-speech program converts written text, for example
an instruction like "Turn right", into the sound of a human voice.
The text-to-speech program looks at the whole sentence to make sure that the
sound you hear is as close to the real thing as possible. The program is also
able to recognise and quite accurately pronounce foreign place and street
names. For example, the English voice can read French street names.
Note: If you select a Human voice, this will only be able to announce com-
mands, but not street names. If you would like street names to be announced,
you will need to select a computer voice.
Internal and external speakers
Your Blue&Me-TomTom contains a high quality speaker. This is used to play
all the sounds on your Blue&Me-TomTom unless you select to play some
sounds through external speakers.
The following types of sound can be played through the speakers as listed
below:
• Spoken instructions and warnings:
• The speaker inside your Blue&Me-TomTom
• An external Bluetooth® Hi-Fi headset or speakers
• Using an audio cable.
• Phone calls
• The speaker inside your Blue&Me-TomTom
Note: If you wish to use an audio cable, an Active Dock with an audio connec-
tor is available as an accessory. Your car stereo needs a line-in connector. Not
all car stereos have line-in connectors. Check the instructions for you car
stereo for more information.
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