Voice Control; About Voice Control; Starting Voice Control - TomTom GO Reference Manual

Voice control

About voice control

Note: Voice control is not supported on all devices or in all languages.
Instead of selecting items on the screen to control your TomTom GO device, you can use your voice
to control your device.
You can use voice control to control many of the navigation features on your device, or to change
settings on your device. For example, you can change the screen to day colors or decrease the device
volume just by using your voice.
Voice control is active in the map view, the guidance view, and the voice control screen.
Important: Voice control requires a voice that speaks street names. When there is no voice that
speaks street names installed and selected on your TomTom GO, this feature is not available.
To select a voice that reads aloud street names, select Voices in the Settings menu, then select
Choose a voice and select a Computer voice that reads aloud street names.

Starting voice control

Voice control is on by default if it is supported by your chosen language.
In map view or guidance view, say the wake-up phrase to start voice control. The wake-up phrase is
"Hey TomTom."
Tip: You can switch the wake-up phrase on or off in the
Alternatively, you can select Voice Control in the Main Menu:
When voice control is ready to use, you see the voice control screen and the device says "I'm listen-
ing." Speak when you hear the beep.
Note: If the volume control
you start voice control.
is set to 20% or lower, the volume automatically changes to 50% when
settings menu.
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