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New Jill voice update

 
Sat, 05/01/2010 - 12:43pm

DorkusNimrod mentioned this news buried in an unrelated message thread, so I'll thank him here and let you know that for those of you Garmin folks with a TTS American Jill voice, there's a new update (found with WebUpdater on the page after the firmware update) to version 2.60. I didn't think to write down the update log but think it was just for better pronunciation during routing.

What's odd to me is that in looking on Garmin's web site for news of the Jill 2.60, the "latest" update offered is version 1.90 dated 1/2/08! So it appears that WebUpdater and mydashboard are the only ways to obtain the new Jill.

I plan to try out the new voice later today. I've avoided Jill in the past due to her pronunciation of the word "left." Oddly, when in the middle of a sentence, "left" sounds perfect, but when the last word of the sentence, like "Arriving at Home...on left," the word "left" is total gibberish. I find that to be the case for the past couple of Jill versions and the issue occurs on both of my nuvis.

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Sat, 05/01/2010 - 12:45pm

PS

PS--forgot the link to the Garmin site:

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=1007

Sat, 05/01/2010 - 3:25pm

I will most likely do this

I will most likely do this update, but I use Emily because she doesn't sound nearly as annoying as Jill. My best friend's GPS will benefit however since he still uses Jill.

EDIT: I can't read or I would have noticed this was a TTS update. It won't work on my Garmin units.

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Sat, 05/01/2010 - 1:33pm

Jill

Jill will sound different?

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Sat, 05/01/2010 - 4:07pm

I'm not sure, but...

alofficial wrote:

Jill will sound different?

She still can't pronounce "left" at the end of a phrase (it sounds like a muffled "rapt" or something like that), so I'll go back to Karen or Emily.

Sun, 05/02/2010 - 6:59pm

That's nothing...

You should hear her try and pronounce some of the street names here in Montreal.... smile

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Sun, 05/02/2010 - 7:47pm

Thanks

for the info

Sun, 05/02/2010 - 7:58pm

.

Odd. I got the new 'Jill' last night and took her for a test drive today, and she pronounced 'left' correctly, as in "arriving at xxx on the left".

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Sun, 05/02/2010 - 9:24pm

Jill...

Does she sound sexier??smile

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Peter
Sun, 05/02/2010 - 9:27pm

thanks for the info

thanks for the info

Sun, 05/02/2010 - 10:14pm

Probably not as sexy as

Probably not as sexy as Australian Karen!

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 7:44am

I change girls rather frequently.

It takes just a few weeks and I will get tired of one of the girls and change to another.
Haven't had Jill in awhile, lol, so I will give her a shot.

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 8:46am

Thanks for the info

Thanks, I will download update and try it out when I get home.

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 9:38am

Thanks

I will give it a try.

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Jim Garmin nuvi 660
Mon, 05/03/2010 - 9:51am

Probably won't

I haven't updated my Jicc Voice in a while after I customized the one I have with turbocc's voice editor.

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 11:34am

New to this site and have a

New to this site and have a few questions, do these voice changes cost to download and can I go back to the original if I don't like them?

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 11:47am

The voice updates are free.

The voice updates are free. You can change the voices back and forth.

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 12:03pm

Thanks so much for the

Thanks so much for the info....going to download this. These postings are much appreciated! smile

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Judy Lynn Garmin 880T
Mon, 05/03/2010 - 1:48pm

As long as Jill doesn't

As long as Jill doesn't sound so annoyed when telling you that she is recalculating! smile

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Mon, 05/03/2010 - 3:44pm

Will update my Garmins and

Will update my Garmins and use as I prefer
Thanks for the notice
Virgo

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Mon, 05/03/2010 - 3:49pm

I had the same situation

DrewDT wrote:

I haven't updated my Jicc Voice in a while after I customized the one I have with turbocc's voice editor.

I also had my Jill voice customized with turbocc'c voice editor & voice doctor and haven't look for an update for a while, but after reading this topic, I decided to give the new version a try. Customization doesn't take longer than 5 minutes anyway, so it shouldn't be an excuse wink

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 3:51pm

Use turbocc's voice editor

kb2psm wrote:

As long as Jill doesn't sound so annoyed when telling you that she is recalculating! smile

Use turbocc's voice editor and change line 98.Recalculating into whatever you want. Search this forum for topic about it.

Tue, 05/04/2010 - 10:09pm

thanks

Thanks for the info

Wed, 05/05/2010 - 12:16am

thanks

good to know

Wed, 05/05/2010 - 12:48am

Or New Orleans!

bpaine wrote:

You should hear her try and pronounce some of the street names here in Montreal.... smile

Or New Orleans!

Tchoupitoulas....! mrgreen

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Nuvi 660
Wed, 05/05/2010 - 12:49am

Gibberish

That's funny. I find all the English Female voices hard to understand. I use the Male voices. Then again i've bin told by my wife of 40 years i have "selective hearing". Might have something to do with it?

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Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:55am

thanks!

thanks!

Wed, 05/12/2010 - 3:58pm

Female voices not being understood

might be frequency. As we age and loose hearing a higher pitched female voice may not be as understandable as a lower pitched male voice.

Wed, 05/12/2010 - 5:13pm

Sexism on both sides

TITNTUFF wrote:

might be frequency. As we age and loose hearing a higher pitched female voice may not be as understandable as a lower pitched male voice.

or is it biology? men seem to like using a female voice, whereas women seem to prefer using a male voice.

I think I'll stick with Karen.

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nüvi 750 & 760
Wed, 05/12/2010 - 9:26pm

Just installed it

Just installed it with the new 1690 update. I currently use Jack, but maybe I will switch back to Jill - Though I just hate having another woman telling what to do wink

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JRoz -- DriveSmart 55 & Traffic
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 4:21pm

Thanks!

Thanks!