We all know that there are many Garmin Voices out there, in fact in the recent poll, English (aussie) Karen was the winner! Though there were many people who did use a custom voice.
Which leads me to this post.
1. I tend to like the softer spoken voice of Karen, so in Navitel I search for some English voices. Found them here: Navitel Custom Voices
Now I am using British Voice.
2. Recently though I was able to test the Yoda voice on my Garmin, and it was a Hoot! The kids were laughing as well. Which made me search for info on how to make custom Navitel voices.
Actually it is not so difficult, because Navitel supports *.wav which means it is way easy to make custom voices for Navitel, just record using a mic and your PC to a wav file and just put them all in one folder and load to voices in Navitelcontents.
Below is the info that shows the list of all the things needed said and the file name you have to use. Posted by Akwangu of NavitelAsia. Navitel Forum
Which leads me to this post.
1. I tend to like the softer spoken voice of Karen, so in Navitel I search for some English voices. Found them here: Navitel Custom Voices
Now I am using British Voice.
2. Recently though I was able to test the Yoda voice on my Garmin, and it was a Hoot! The kids were laughing as well. Which made me search for info on how to make custom Navitel voices.
Actually it is not so difficult, because Navitel supports *.wav which means it is way easy to make custom voices for Navitel, just record using a mic and your PC to a wav file and just put them all in one folder and load to voices in Navitelcontents.
Below is the info that shows the list of all the things needed said and the file name you have to use. Posted by Akwangu of NavitelAsia. Navitel Forum
file name: --> meaning (to be translated)
-------------------------------------------------
in.wav ---> in
meters.wav --> meters
kilometer.wav --> kilometer
kilometers.wav --> kilometers (> 4 km)
kilometers1_4.wav --> kilometers (2 km - 4 km)
ACPowerOff.wav --> External power lost
BatteryDischarged.wav --> Battery power low
GPSMissing.wav --> Lost satellite reception
GPSPoor.wav --> Poor satellite reception
GPSConnected.wav --> Connected to satellites
RouteCalculated.wav --> Ready to navigate
RouteOut.wav --> You left route
RouteIn.wav --> You returned to route
RouteViaPoint.wav --> You are about via point
RouteEnd.wav --> You arrived to destination
KeepLeft.wav --> Keep left
KeepRight.wav --> Keep right
LeftHi.wav --> Sharp left
RightHi.wav --> Sharp right
Left.wav --> Turn left
Right.wav --> Turn right
UTurnLeft.wav --> U-turn left
UTurnRight.wav --> U-turn right
Roundabout.wav --> Roundabout
then.wav --> Then
Prepare.wav --> Get ready
Follow.wav --> Keep driving
ToRamp.wav --> to ramp
Proximity.wav --> You are about proximity waypoint
1st.wav --> First exit
2nd.wav --> Second exit
3rd.wav --> Third exit
4th.wav --> Fourth exit
5th.wav --> Fifth exit
1.wav --> 1
2.wav --> 2
3.wav --> 3
4.wav --> 4
5.wav --> 5
6.wav --> 6
7.wav --> 7
8.wav --> 8
9.wav --> 9
10.wav --> 10
11.wav --> 11
12.wav --> 12
13.wav --> 13
14.wav --> 14
15.wav --> 15
16.wav --> 16
17.wav --> 17
18.wav --> 18
19.wav --> 19
20.wav --> 20
30.wav --> 30
40.wav --> 40
50.wav --> 50
60.wav --> 60
70.wav --> 70
80.wav --> 80
90.wav --> 90
100.wav --> 100
200.wav --> 200
300.wav --> 300
400.wav --> 400
500.wav --> 500
600.wav --> 600
700.wav --> 700
800.wav --> 800
900.wav --> 900
And a few more (added in Navitel version 3.2):
kilometers per hour - kmh.wav
excess speed (speed too high) - speed.wav
speed way too high! - speed!.wav
tunnel - Tunnel.wav
dangerous crossroad - warning_crossing.wav
sleeping policeman [speed bump] - warning_pol.wav
bad road [quality -- i.e. not so good for driving] - warning_road.wav speed limit - warning_speed.wav
speed control [i.e. checking, aka radar device] - warning_speedlim.wav dagerous turn - warning_turn.wav
be attentive! - warning_other.wav
Note:
Sampling frequency should be no more 16 kHz (PCM 16 bit 16 kHz mono).
The 22.5 ?Hz is too large for human speech, but increases package/memory size and causes small pauses while playing from slow flash card memory.
In would be nice to keep uniform pronouncation, volume and speech rate.
Commands should sound as imperative (e.g. 'Turn left'), and all other phrases - as declaration (e.g. 'Connected to satellites'). Volume should be so much to use about 70% of maximum; of course fuzz distortion is to be avoided.
The good practice is to record all wav files in single session - this provides uniform sounding. To avoid non-natural sounding of numbers (i.e.
out of context of whole sentence), they should be recorded as part of corresponding whole sentence, and then trimmed.
Silence in the very beginning and very end of each wav should be truncated.
-------------------------------------------------
in.wav ---> in
meters.wav --> meters
kilometer.wav --> kilometer
kilometers.wav --> kilometers (> 4 km)
kilometers1_4.wav --> kilometers (2 km - 4 km)
ACPowerOff.wav --> External power lost
BatteryDischarged.wav --> Battery power low
GPSMissing.wav --> Lost satellite reception
GPSPoor.wav --> Poor satellite reception
GPSConnected.wav --> Connected to satellites
RouteCalculated.wav --> Ready to navigate
RouteOut.wav --> You left route
RouteIn.wav --> You returned to route
RouteViaPoint.wav --> You are about via point
RouteEnd.wav --> You arrived to destination
KeepLeft.wav --> Keep left
KeepRight.wav --> Keep right
LeftHi.wav --> Sharp left
RightHi.wav --> Sharp right
Left.wav --> Turn left
Right.wav --> Turn right
UTurnLeft.wav --> U-turn left
UTurnRight.wav --> U-turn right
Roundabout.wav --> Roundabout
then.wav --> Then
Prepare.wav --> Get ready
Follow.wav --> Keep driving
ToRamp.wav --> to ramp
Proximity.wav --> You are about proximity waypoint
1st.wav --> First exit
2nd.wav --> Second exit
3rd.wav --> Third exit
4th.wav --> Fourth exit
5th.wav --> Fifth exit
1.wav --> 1
2.wav --> 2
3.wav --> 3
4.wav --> 4
5.wav --> 5
6.wav --> 6
7.wav --> 7
8.wav --> 8
9.wav --> 9
10.wav --> 10
11.wav --> 11
12.wav --> 12
13.wav --> 13
14.wav --> 14
15.wav --> 15
16.wav --> 16
17.wav --> 17
18.wav --> 18
19.wav --> 19
20.wav --> 20
30.wav --> 30
40.wav --> 40
50.wav --> 50
60.wav --> 60
70.wav --> 70
80.wav --> 80
90.wav --> 90
100.wav --> 100
200.wav --> 200
300.wav --> 300
400.wav --> 400
500.wav --> 500
600.wav --> 600
700.wav --> 700
800.wav --> 800
900.wav --> 900
And a few more (added in Navitel version 3.2):
kilometers per hour - kmh.wav
excess speed (speed too high) - speed.wav
speed way too high! - speed!.wav
tunnel - Tunnel.wav
dangerous crossroad - warning_crossing.wav
sleeping policeman [speed bump] - warning_pol.wav
bad road [quality -- i.e. not so good for driving] - warning_road.wav speed limit - warning_speed.wav
speed control [i.e. checking, aka radar device] - warning_speedlim.wav dagerous turn - warning_turn.wav
be attentive! - warning_other.wav
Note:
Sampling frequency should be no more 16 kHz (PCM 16 bit 16 kHz mono).
The 22.5 ?Hz is too large for human speech, but increases package/memory size and causes small pauses while playing from slow flash card memory.
In would be nice to keep uniform pronouncation, volume and speech rate.
Commands should sound as imperative (e.g. 'Turn left'), and all other phrases - as declaration (e.g. 'Connected to satellites'). Volume should be so much to use about 70% of maximum; of course fuzz distortion is to be avoided.
The good practice is to record all wav files in single session - this provides uniform sounding. To avoid non-natural sounding of numbers (i.e.
out of context of whole sentence), they should be recorded as part of corresponding whole sentence, and then trimmed.
Silence in the very beginning and very end of each wav should be truncated.
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