TTS3 voices -- has anyone seen differences between them?

 

Greetings,

I looked through the various threads here but decided it'd be better in a new thread so here goes.

As I looked at the TTS3 voices available for the newer nuvi models, I wondered about the size differences. I see that the current version of Samantha is over 30MB in size while all other TTS3 voices range from 20-27MB.

In looking at the changelog for version updates, I see that a common change is "added new phrases." This got me thinking--if Samantha is up to 50% larger than some other TTS3 voices, has anyone noticed that Samantha offers more of the Real Directions phrases than other voices; i.e., things like "turn left before the McDonald's," "turn right before the YXZ Memorial," etc?

The only way to test this is to do a fairly extended test in familiar areas with one voice, then swap to a different voice, and listen for differences at the same intersections.

I've started to do this but I may be living in an area where differences won't be noticed. Since I'm in a city of about 60,000 and it's over 100 miles to the nearest large city, the added specific phrases (like "turn left at the XYZ Memorial") are less likely to be seen in smaller cities.

If any of you--especially those of you in large cities with lots of specific Real Directions--notice that (30MB) Samantha offers more specifics than for instance, (20MB) Australian Lee, maybe we could share them here.

The real question is: to maximize Real Directions, should we currently be using Samantha's voice?

Thanks!

Although

Although I've driven many thousands of miles with my 3597, through major cities all up and down the west coast, what I hear most is "turn right at the traffic light" or "turn left after the bank building". Rarely, if ever, have I heard mention of specific business locations or civic building (turn right after the opera house" or "turn left after the McDonald's" for example) other than in Garmin advertising on youTube and elsewhere. I suppose not hearing mention of specific business locations is a good thing since these places can move or close as we all know from using POI files.

I've only used Samantha and Jack and don't really recall there being any noticeable differences between what they said.

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