Sounds And Voices; About Sounds And Voices; Sound And Volume Control; Change Voice - TomTom RIDER Reference Manual

Sounds and voices

About sounds and voices

Your TomTom RIDER device uses sound for some or all of the following:
Driving directions and other route instructions
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Warnings that you set
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Hands-free phone calls
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There are two types of voice available for your device:
Computer voices
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Computer voices are generated by your device. They provide route instructions and read
aloud city and street names, and other useful information.
Human voices
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These are recorded by an actor and only provide route instructions.

Sound and volume control

To adjust the volume level, tap the left-hand section of the status bar in the Driving View. The last
spoken instruction is repeated and the volume level is shown. Tap the glove-friendly plus and
minus buttons to adjust the volume.
Alternatively add Volume to the Quick Menu.
Quick Menu option!
To turn the sound on or off, tap sound in the Main Menu or add Switch sound on/off to the Quick
Menu.
Quick Menu option!

Change voice

Change voice
Your navigation device is able to provide spoken instructions and warn-
ings using voices which are stored on the device. Some voices have
been recorded by actors and other voices are computer-generated.
The recorded voices are only used for spoken instructions while the
computer voices are used for both spoken instructions and for reading
aloud information stored on your map such as, street names.
To select a different voice on your device, tap Change voice in the Voices
menu. Then select a voice from the list. Computer voices are clearly
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