Voices for Tom Tom 5

slowen

Does anyone know where I can get celebrity / funny voices that will work on Tom Tom 5?

lee634

yes the tomtom website
https://www.tomtom.com

slowen

Is there are sites to get voices for free rather than paying for them?

T4i

Is there any you are specifically looking for?

slowen

T4i wrote:

Is there any you are specifically looking for?

Nothing specific but just a few different ones so I get stop using the standard tom tom voices and make the machine a bit different

T4i

Have you listened to John Cleese?

http://www.tomtom.com/plus/services/voices.php

Click on his little speaker.......

I shall PM you soon!!

T4i

Sent you a PM.

Have you ever changed the voices? Do you know the proceedure?

If not:-

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Tom Tom Voices for TT Go, Classic, 300, 500, 700 & Navigator – Software level 5 and above.

These voices have been tested on all TomTom’s (Classic, Go, 300, 500, 700 & Navigator).

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.:INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOMTOM GO ONLY:

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A. You will need to extract/unzip the files to a folder on your PC (a good idea is to make a new folder, for example, "C:\tomtom").
B. Switch on your TomTom.
C. Connect your tomtom go to the computer with your USB cable.
i.e. Click the Start logo [usually] at the bottom left of your screen & then click on "my computer" and you should see the tomtom under Devices with Removable Storage with a small icon.
Double click on the icon and the Tom Tom's folder view will open.
D. If you have a folder labelled "voices", double click it. Then proceed to step F, otherwise goto Step E
E. You need to store you voice files in the root folder (the first folder you see, after following Step C).
F. Copy any of the voice **files** from the folder (not the folder) and paste into the folder selected in steps D or E (i.e. copy all the files from that folder: data96.chk and data96.bmp and data96.vif).
G. Repeat for as many voices as you like.
H. After pasting the last voice wait about 30 seconds (after copying has completed) and then remove your USB cable.
I. Your TomTom will now re-boot and the voices will be available to select.

With pictures – making you selection simple!

To change a voice on your TomTom:
1. Click in the centre of the screen:
2. Click "Change Preferences "
3. Click the right arrow, three times.
4. Now Click "Change Voice"
5. Use the right and left buttons to scroll around your available voices.

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.:INSTRUCTIONS FOR PDA TOMTOM ONLY:

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1. Follow the instructions above.
2. IF THAT FAILS: Copy the voice files into the "tomtom" folder under "mobile device/my documents".
3. Ensure for each voice that you copy the 3 files (dataXX.vif, dataXX.chk & dataXX.bmp).
4. For Nokia 6600 Users: Aparrently it needs 16kbit datastream voice files, use a file splitter and then convert the ogg files from 22kbit to 16kbit and assemble them again.

PS.
1. Don’t forget you can get the speed cameras for FREE from: http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/uksafetycameras.php [Full instructions are there].
2. You can get the speed camera alerts to be verbal - rather than beeps, FREE from: http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-go-poi-alerts.php [Full instructions are there].
3. To change your start-up screen (Splash Screen), see: http://www.expansys.com/forumthread.asp?code=TOMTOMGO&thread=1430 & http://www.gomo-web.de/
4. To customise the menu go to: http://www.skux.net/tomtom/menubuilder2/index.php


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