text-to speech???

[svt_extreme]

I found this in a review on WWW.GPSMAGAZINE.COM. Is it true?


Like the TomTom GO 910, the ONE comes with a large library of built-in voices, and can be expanded by downloading additional voices via TomTom's website. There are computer generated voices, and real human voices to choose from. If you select a computer generated voice, the ONE will read aloud street names via text-to-speech. If you choose a human recorded voice, only a handful of voice prompts are announced (i.e. "keep right at the fork" instead of "keep right onto Main Street").

 

[fanchee]

Perhaps pre-updated firmware that disabled this feature. It was a licensing issue. The unit itself is capable, but TTS is only licensed for the 910.

 

[battom]

That link doesn't bring me to anything about TTS and the ONE... it's all garmin stuff. ????

 

[Pedro2NR]

I agree. the only unit licensed for this is the 910.

 

[svt_extreme]

This should lead to the completer review....

http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2006/09/review_tomtom_one.php

 

[battom]

Well I'll be....
it took some reading to find it but on page 2 (http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2006/09/review_tomtom_one.php?page=2 ) it states:

Like the TomTom GO 910, the ONE comes with a large library of built-in voices, and can be expanded by downloading additional voices via TomTom's website. There are computer generated voices, and real human voices to choose from. If you select a computer generated voice, the ONE will read aloud street names via text-to-speech. If you choose a human recorded voice, only a handful of voice prompts are announced (i.e. "keep right at the fork" instead of "keep right onto Main Street").

And this review seems to have been written in Sept, 2006.

I think the editor was mistaken or as peviously stated perhaps the older firware allowed this, but no longer.

Interesting reading none the less.

 

[Biggles_downunder]

I also noticed that on p3 of the review (near the botom) it mentions that 'Clear Route' is on page 1 of the main menu:

Take a look at this! TomTom has finally added the Clear route to the main page on the Main Menu! Previously, if you wanted to add a Clear route button on your TomTom GO, you had to select "Show All Menus" from the "Change preferences" menu. And even then, the Clear route was buried 2 levels deep, meaning you had to essentially press 4 buttons if you wanted to cancel a route while you were driving. Now TomTom has put this essential feature where it belongs: up front and on the main menu. Thank you TomTom!

Now, I could only achieve this by building a custom menu - has something changed somewhere along the line and if so did I miss it?

Wayne

 

[battom]

well the review is 6 months old.... I don't know about TT devices but I know PCs can chage a LOT in 6 monhts!!!

.... cancel or allow....

 

[givingmybest]

ok. hold on...
now I am confused
Can ONE have text-to-speech as long as it is a computer generated voice?
Has anyone tried it?

 

[Pedro2NR]

NO. Sorry

 

[battom]

NO! the ONLY TomTom device legally able to have text-to-speech is the 910

"tweaks" were out there that allowed ANY TomTom device to use text-to-speech, but as any non-910 owner knows, the device didn't come with the license so it was illegal. TomTom put a stop to the use by implementing something in a firmware update. The only way for a non-910 to use Text-to-speech is to have a certain firmware.

a very old firmware. What you lose is not worth the gain of TTS.

 

[digital-flex]

I wish I didn't read that review. Legalities aside, I feel like a lot of valuable features were taken away. It would've been nice to have TTS.

 

[givingmybest]

yeah. me too digi.
it would have been so nice to have tts.
oh well,
my TT ONE still gets me from A to B just fine.

 

[Nextourer]

It does suck up a lot of RAM however. I'm not sure if 29MB is enough to run everything especially since I'm consistent between 0.0 and 0.4MB of free RAM.