Oh, thanks for that info. Obviously I have not explored my Garmin system enough. But the default (at least here in the US) does appear to be a female voice.
I'm going to contact you off-list on another issue. I believe that you may have taught my daughter at Dickinson! John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 [email protected] From: "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:04:09 -0400 To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Conversation: GPS voices Subject: [tips] GPS voices Hi John My Garmin has many different voices in different languages and both a male and female option (so you can get an Australian male or female, a British male or female, etc). The voices you chose in the setup have a name (e.g., Gary is the American male). As far as I can tell (without a systematic examination) what they say is exactly the same. In the text-to-voice option the street names are actually pronounced (the voice says "make a left at Washington Street" instead of "make a left at the next street). It is always very amusing when the software struggles with those street names in Europe (get the US voice to pronounce the Danish street names!). Sometimes it just gives up and spells it! Must be some interesting algorithms. Marie **************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 Office hours: Mon/Thur 3-4, Tues 10:30-11:30 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
