Sounds And Voices; About Sounds And Voices; About Computer Voices; 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:
Computer voices
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Computer voices are generated by your device. They provide route instructions 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 computer voices

Your TomTom device uses text-to-speech technology and computer voices to read the street
names on your map as it guides you on your route.
The computer voice analyses the whole phrase or sentence before speaking, to ensure that the
sentence sounds as close as possible to natural speech.
Computer voices can recognise and pronounce foreign towns and street names. For example, the
English computer 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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