Sony XAV-701HD - Manual (Page 29)

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Sounds and voices
About sounds and voices
The front speaker of the Sony XNV is used to play sounds and voices from the TomTom
navigation module.Your TomTom navigation module uses sound for the following:
• Driving directions and other route instructions
• Warnings that you set
There are two types of voice available for your navigation module:
• Computer voices
Computer voices are generated by your navigation module. They provide route instruc-
tions and read aloud city and street names, traffic and weather reports, user messages
and tutorials.
• Human voices
These are recorded by an actor and only provide route instructions.
About computer voices
Your TomTom navigation module uses text-to-speech technology and computer voices
to read the street names on your map as it guides you on your route.
The computer voice analyses the whole phrase or sentence before speaking to ensure that
the sentence sounds as close as possible to natural speech.
Computer voices can recognize and pronounce foreign towns and street names. For
example, the English computer voice can read and pronounce French street names.
Important :
If you require a computer voice and your language is unavailable, then you need to install
and use the English language computer voice. For more information on computer voices,
go to tomtom.com/services.
Selecting a voice
To select a different voice on your TomTom navigation module, tap Voices in the settings
menu. Then tap Change voice and select the required voice.
Changing the volume level
You can change the volume on your TomTom navigation module in several ways.
• In the Driving view.