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Favorite Garmin TTS Pronunciation/Mis-pronunciation

 
Wed, 04/25/2007 - 9:10pm

I am using Daniel right now. He seems clearest to me, and it's as close as I'll ever get to having an English butler.

My favorite thing so far is how he says Boolevaad.

But my street is Catalina (Cat-a-LEAN-uh). Daniel says it cat-AL-ina.

In general, he has trouble with spanish based words. Names that start La he says Lay.

One of the streets at work is Biscailuz and he really butchers that one. One of these days I need to route myself down Chauenga and see what he does with that,

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Wed, 04/25/2007 - 9:35pm

Br

Karen says "branch" instead of "business route".

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*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*
Wed, 04/25/2007 - 10:57pm

Karen also reads "Dr E" as

Karen also reads "Dr E" as "doctor east" rather than "drive east"

Thu, 04/26/2007 - 10:57am

Austrailian Lee

Instead of saying "Farm to Market road xyz" (FM xyz)
Austrailian Lee prefers "Federated States of Micronesia"

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Sat, 04/28/2007 - 12:51am

I use the Jill TTS voice on

I use the Jill TTS voice on my C530. She often pronounces "Oregon" by saying "Oh-reh-heh-guhun". She inserts WAY too many syllables in there.

In Portland recently, instead of saying "Morrison Bridge", she said "Morrison Brother".

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Sat, 04/28/2007 - 9:08am

emily says, "Recalculaaaaating"

I like that although if I am making a few unexpected stops I will turn her volume off (she's the British TTS type sorta person). Have any of you seen this ad where the fellow is talking to his GPS speach lady type person and proposes to "her"? It is funny. I have no idea what they are selling... not GPS systems though.

Sat, 04/28/2007 - 3:02pm

Update Has Better Pronounciation

I use Karen (Aussie-English) on my c550. I enjoy the way she prounounces the letter 'Z'. "Turn left on Corridor Zed."

I did find that downloading the voice upgrade available from Garmin via WebUpdater did correct some of the more interesting conversions.

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Gordon - Jacksonville, FL - Garmin Steetmap C550
Fri, 05/01/2009 - 7:03pm

RFLOL

Yah, was in Texas last week and about drove off the road laughing when I heard Federated States of Micronesia. CLASSIC!

Fri, 05/01/2009 - 10:17pm

Karen

For WA (Washington) routes, she says "Western Australia" in addition to the "doctor" for Dr., among others.

Sun, 05/03/2009 - 9:21am

Karen (Aussie-English)

gbeyreis wrote:

I use Karen (Aussie-English) on my c550. I enjoy the way she prounounces the letter 'Z'. "Turn left on Corridor Zed."

I also use her and enjoy her pronunciations.

Sun, 05/03/2009 - 9:41am

As I discovered a couple weeks ago

Karen's pronunciation of 'Mankato' - as in the town in Minnesota - is quite charming. smile

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*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*
Sun, 05/03/2009 - 10:44am

Got rid of useless "recalculating" interruption of my mp3's

I deleted the word "recalculating" from the TTS voice I use. It makes riding with a route more peaceful.

Handy tool for modifying TTS voices:
http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/TTSVoiceEditor

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Sun, 05/03/2009 - 11:12am

TTS Mis-Pronounciation

ALl of my TTS voices say a road near me called "Honeygo" as "ho-nee-go", I smile every time they say it.

Mon, 05/04/2009 - 12:04am

Buckeye Road

with the English woman becomes "Buck-ee Road"
how very western, but hey we're in AZ.

Thu, 12/23/2010 - 11:50pm

Aussie Karen

Bless her heart, while traveling in Amarillo, TX last week she told me to turn right on Ro-sausage Street. As I was turning I glanced at the street sign and noticed it was really Ross-Osage St.

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Thu, 12/23/2010 - 11:59pm

Bless her heart?

golfnm8 wrote:

Bless her heart, while traveling in Amarillo, TX last week she told me to turn right on Ro-sausage Street. As I was turning I glanced at the street sign and noticed it was really Ross-Osage St.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bless%20your%...

Ah, man...!

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Fri, 12/24/2010 - 12:05am

Karen

Oh my, but she does have such a sweet voice.

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"It's not where you start, but where you end up." Where am I and what am I doing in this hand basket?
Fri, 12/24/2010 - 1:31am

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golfnm8 wrote:

Oh my, but she does have such a sweet voice.

Have your heard her music?

Here's her Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=352624848435

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*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*