Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and SG?

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snipfer
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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and SG?

Postby snipfer » Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:48 pm

IMHO in SG, british is better than american although it is still a lot way off from local pronunciation.

at least hougang is pronounced rather close as a local.
american voice pronounce it as HOE - Gang. ah hoe's gang??? :mrgreen:
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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and SG?

Postby pgcity » Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:14 pm

Daniel-British English TTS voice is best among the lot IMHO.gets most names decently correct or at least pronounced in a way that can be understood. the aussies come 2nd place and the americans last.

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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and SG?

Postby hancool » Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:03 pm

pgcity wrote:Daniel-British English TTS voice is best among the lot IMHO.gets most names decently correct or at least pronounced in a way that can be understood. the aussies come 2nd place and the americans last.

For me I think Australia Samantha TTS is first and British English second but not Daniel the lady one, Daniel is Last.......BTW do you use British English in Malaysia or SG?.....
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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and SG?

Postby pgcity » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:38 pm

all the default female voices just grates on my nerves. :lol:

It's British English as far as spelling goes in MY and SG. if talking about the GPS itself i use MFM keyboard and text and if British spelling doesn't work try American.

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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and SG?

Postby waypoint » Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:26 am

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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and SG?

Postby Amgems » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:51 pm

My hilarious moment was when the Amercian lady TTS said Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong was "Layboh Ruhyae Duhmansurer Pah-ch'ng." :lol:

Pick a British or Aussie voice. They've got the closest to our pronunciation.

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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and SG?

Postby hancool » Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:32 pm

Amgems wrote:My hilarious moment was when the Amercian lady TTS said Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong was "Layboh Ruhyae Duhmansurer Pah-ch'ng." :lol:

Pick a British or Aussie voice. They've got the closest to our pronunciation.

Ya thats right I also prefer british......
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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and S

Postby lokoko » Tue May 31, 2011 11:47 am

anyway to make MY/SG version of English TTS voice pronounce English Street names correctly as original US version of English TTS does? Thank you.

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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and S

Postby FrancisTLim » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:51 am

For me, TTS is there so that I can keep my eyes on the road. Therefore, as long as I am used to my own device, it really doesn't matter how they pronounce the road name. After a while, I know what it means. Eg. Kg is pronounced as Kilogramme instead of Kampung, so what? When it instructs me to turn into Kilogramme XXX, I will turn into Kampung XXX. Simple, right? The key here is to get used to your device.
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Re: Which TTS voice is good for navigation in Malaysia and S

Postby yoladu » Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:46 pm

hancool wrote:Ya thats right I also prefer british......


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