Sounds And Voices; About Sounds And Voices; About Voices That Speak Street Names; Selecting A Voice - TomTom NAVIGATION SYSTEM Reference Manual

Sounds and voices

About sounds and voices

Your TomTom device uses sound for some or all of the following:
Driving directions and other route instructions
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Traffic information
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Note: To use a TomTom traffic information service, you may need a subscription or a receiv-
er. Traffic services are not supported in all countries or regions. For more information, visit
tomtom.com/services.
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:
Voices that speak street names
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Voices that speak street names are generated by your TomTom. They provide route instruc-
tions and read aloud city and street names, traffic and other useful information.
Human voices
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These are recorded by an actor and only provide route instructions.

About voices that speak street names

Your TomTom uses text-to-speech technology to read the street names on your map as it guides
you on your route.
A voice that speaks street names analyzes the whole phrase or sentence before speaking, to en-
sure that the sentence sounds as close as possible to natural speech.
This type of voice can also recognize and pronounce foreign towns and street names. For exam-
ple, the English voice can read and pronounce French street names.

Selecting a voice

To select a different voice on your TomTom device, either tap Change voice in the Settings menu
or tap Voices, then tap Change voice and select the required voice.

Changing the volume level

You can change the volume on your TomTom device in several ways.
In the Driving view.
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