Go 720 Voices

[VIA1530]

I use Susan as my go 720 voice and it is not anywhere near as good as the Samantha voice in my VIA 1530. Is there any way to improve the voice in the 720 (clarity, pronunciation, etc.)?

 

[dhn]

I actually prefer Susan on my 720 to Samantha.

That said, you may wish to check out this thread:
https://www.tomtomforums.com/t21171-how-fix-poor-tts-pronunciation.html

 

[canderson]

Further to that, no, there is no way to move Susan and Samantha back and forth between units. The speech generation engine has changed from the older to the newer model.

Like dhn, I prefer Susan on my GO720 and GO740 to Samantha on my GO1535. Samantha sounds like a 50 year old three pack a day smoker to me for some reason. Suzie, on the other hand ... I wish she'd call me on the phone and invite me over.

 

[dhn]

A photo of 'your' Susan is always appropriate in this forum, as you know.......:yo:

 

[canderson]

A photo of 'your' Susan is always appropriate in this forum, as you know.......:yo:

I'll do you one better, I'll give you both Susan and Samantha, either of whom are more than welcome to drop by for dinner any time.

 

[dhn]

Hmm....... decisions, decisions ...............

 

[canderson]

Say hello to Susan Wilkes and Samantha Fox.

 

[VIA1530]

Thanks for the link dhn. I made the change and there was an improvement.

 

[dhn]

You are welcome.

 

[Andy_P]

You do know TomTom videoed some of the original voiceover recording sessions ....?

Here's a photo from Susan's....

 

[canderson]

If you knew Suzie, like I know Suzie
Oh, Oh, Oh, what a gal
There's none so classy as this fair lassie
Oh, Oh, holy Moses, what a chassis
We went riding, she didn't balk
Back from Yonkers
I'm the one that had to walk
If you knew Suzie, like I know Suzie
Oh, Oh, what a gal.