Anyone using iGO 8

[mispook08]

Originally Posted by hideffer

bedoig, the high quality voices work just fine on the Vogue with no memory errors. Before I start iGO8, I am at 38MB memory used and after starting iGO8 with hi quality TTS Susan voice, I am using a total of 56MB of memory with 48MB free.

BTW, thank you again for the EnglishUs6.9.lex file. I have been able to modify it further to solve some annoying pronunciation errors. For example, Susan would say "four hundred five" for the 405 freeway instead of 4, 0, 5. I was able to changed the lex file to change the pronunciation of most of the freeways numbered above 100.

"405" = "four oh five"

If anyone is annoyed that the street name is not spoken whenever it is associated with a number, one can modify the lex file to change the number to a more familiar name.
For example:

Lakewood Blvd (19) TTS would says ---> "19" but changing the lex file to:

"19" = "Lakewood Boulevard", TTS will now say Lakewood Boulevard rather than the highway number.

One needs to be careful though. In California, Hwy 1 is the Pacific Coast Highway and when I put the following in the lex file:

"1" = "Pacific Coast Highway", it would work fine when I was on PCH but if any term with "1" needed to be spoken, such as turn right in "1" mile, it would say turn right in "Pacific Coast Highway" mile. LOL.

I have the Hi quality Dave and Susan TTS files - however, I cannot seem to get the install configuration correct. Can someone help with file placement information?

Thanks

[joemike60]

I read somewhere that you need to put those files in place, and then reinstall the iGo software. That seemed to do it for me.

[hideffer]

Originally Posted by joemike60

One quirk I haven't figured out how to correct is when Susan says to turn "onto" some road, it sounds like either "on the" or "onta" - have you figured out how to correct that?

joemike60, download the file that bedoig posted in post #120 and add a line in the lex file:

"onto" = "ontoo"

I agree it sounds like "on tah" but with the above correction, it sounds better to me.

Originally Posted by mispook08

I have the Hi quality Dave and Susan TTS files - however, I cannot seem to get the install configuration correct. Can someone help with file placement information?

Thanks

mispook08, my install configuration looks like this for Susan (I don't have Dave installed) TTS files:

in Storage Card\iGO8\TTS_LOQ folder I have:


EnglishTE folder
EnglishUs folder
EnglishTE6.9.Ide
EnglishUS56.9.Ide
Susan.vde

Also, make sure you have the file Voice_Eng-usf1.zip file in iGO8\Content\Voice folder plus other files for non-TTS voices.

Hope that helps.

[PeterDLai]

This might be a dumb question (I just got it today) but is there any way to test the voices to see how they would pronounce certain words/street names before going on the road?

[hideffer]

PeterDLai,

Just plan a route and in the Route menu, on the bottom right there is an icon for slow simulation of that route. Click it and it will follow the plan route with voice guidance.

[cbus]

Originally Posted by vaxick

My time zone fix didn't solve it in the end and that that fix you posted which was released by Nav N Go as well does not solve it at all. It's really strange, if I set it to Indiana, it holds the time fine and lists it as my current actual time. When I reset my phone though, the Indiana time goes back to a hour below my actual time. Setting it to the Eastern Time Zone in iGo, quitting the program, and then starting it back up reverts the time to Dublin England.

If that fix is working for others maybe there is just something wrong with my copy of iGo?

Not sure if this will help but it did for me. I kept putting my corrected sys.txt file in just the igo folder on the storage card but in order for it to work properly, you must also add it to program files/igo8 as well.

Hope this helps!

[LoWw]

I'm a newbie to the GPS programs on my phone. I wanna try this iGo8 out, but have a question? Do I need to install it on a microsd card and what size card??

[trehouse]

Just killed it, big mem hog but bottom line, the routing in my part of the US was very poor.

[LoWw]

What would u suggest? Do all GPS software that have maps need to be placed onto microsd card?

[vaxick]

Originally Posted by cbus

Not sure if this will help but it did for me. I kept putting my corrected sys.txt file in just the igo folder on the storage card but in order for it to work properly, you must also add it to program files/igo8 as well.

Hope this helps!

Wow, massive thanks to you! I can't believe I never once thought about checking the program folders on the phones main storage as well. I guess I just assumed there was only one sys file and it was the one located on the storage card, but I guess iGo creates two copies of it. The clock is working perfectly now!