The voice guidance does not seem to say the street name, is there any way to enable it ?
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Go to "Settings" menu, then "Sound and Warnings", then 'Voice Language". Select one of the voices labeled as "TTS Voice, street names announced". If you don't have any TTS Voice options listed then the TTS files are not installed on your unit. Ask the seller for them or search for them on one of the Internet forums, such as gpsunderground.
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What is "text to speech"? Does either the 250W or 350 announce street names?
1647061
No, I tried that and it did not work. I finally used Plug and Play Street Maps: City Navigator Europe NT.
1316565
I don't know why people responded that there is voice recognition with the Nuvi 2557. I purchased because they said it did but it definitely NOES NOT HAVE VOICE RECOGNITION. I checked on the garmin site just to make sure and it confirms under "features and benefits" that there is no voice activated navigation. Now I need to decide if I'll keep this version. Wish amazon checked these answers as there were 6 answers saying yes, I thought it was accurate.
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Go to: Tools > Settings > Language > Voices: Check the voice (there may be several) that has TTS (text-to-speech) after its name (or says, "speaks street names").The error messages sounds like a Garmin problem. Contact them by phone.
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Some of the voices do. But some do not. Be sure to select the correct voice in order to have the street names mentioned.
2105759
You can enter coordinates by hand or voice command. Like any machine, sometimes the voice command just doesn't translate correctly, so manual mode is necessary... it is intuitive, meaning it takes in a little information then offers several options of the full address. The big screen makes it easy to use. I use my Nuvi all the time.
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Thank you, John, for the suggestion. There apparently two different models: 325 and 325S. The 325S comes with the computer voice that reads the street names. I have not be able to download a computer voice to the 325 yet. If you have a suggestion I would welcome the help.
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Yes the GPS announce the street names after you update the system by contacting manufacture tech support, they will ask for your unit serial number to verify your purchase, then will send you a microSD card with the TTS voice files, follow the instructions, you copy and paste the files into your GPS microSD card on computer, the TTS Pro function will be enabled, you can select those TTS voice files to read the street names. I recently updated it and now I have some voices which speak the street names, very happy with it.
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No, it's probably not defective...1) Voice with Text-To-Speech (TTS): under Settings, go to Language, then click a choice for Voice -- make sure it's someone with English (e.g. American English-Jack) who also has the "(TTS)" tag. This will enable speech with street names.2) Exchange rates: you should update the rates manually. I suspect the exchange rates weren't a big priority for the Garmin folks.For more help with questions, the GPS itself has a Help button (next to Settings) that should answer some basic issues.Hope this is helpful. No, it's probably not defective...1) Voice with Text-To-Speech (TTS): under Settings, go to Language, then click a choice for Voice -- make sure it's someone with English (e.g. American English-Jack) who also has the "(TTS)" tag. This will enable speech with street names.2) Exchange rates: you should update the rates manually. I suspect the exchange rates weren't a big priority for the Garmin folks.For more help with questions, the GPS itself has a Help button (next to Settings) that should answer some basic issues.Hope this is helpful.
720084
Yes. It tries to pronounce the name. If no name is given it says the phone number. It says 'unavailable' otherwise
360295
There is a little icon like a speaker. hit that and it gives you voice directions. you can adjust the voice level and mute it easily. Very nice gps
805971
I have the same issue but one thing I discovered quite by accident is that if you put in an address first and then play music the navigation voice will continue to provide instructions (music will mute while navigation voice speaks). Either way this is a definite "con" for the system that has disappointed me as well
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The C340 has "full" spoken directions as well. It will read the street names and exit numbers to you.The C330 only tells you to "turn left" and so on, although it does display the names/exits at the top.
2277864
Yes, the you can listen to any audio source while in navigation mode. The unit does not speak the street names, displays street names on screen.
360297
Sorry, I never tried setting my Nuvi for voice recognition. Whenever I had a problem I call the 1800 number for garmin and they were very helpful. H. Ramadan
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It has its own proprietary it seems. POLNAV. It can't pronounce some road names which doesn't bother me. It seems accurate and hasn't needed updating yet!