Re: free voice gps
 

i followed the advice of someone in the thread that said to use the Touch version... i really do want to know why google and livesearch dont have voice yet!:???:

Re: free voice gps
 

can u give us a crash course how to add custom voice..thanks


GEEKS RULE!

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Could people please post their arrow replacements, x wing etc....

Mobo

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I almost got it working on my Titan, GPS is finding me and if I want to go from point A to B it will show me the way and talk, the only problem I have is that no map will show at all.

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Mine has part of my username under it.

If you want something personalized, I'll make you one... just let me know.

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nice !!!! great find!!

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I DLd the version for the Touch, but there's a version for generic Windows Moble 5 & 6, too.


Not sure how familiar you are with things, so this may sound too elementary. Bare with me.


First, connect your phone & open Activesync.
Hit Tools & "Explore Pocket PC."
Open "My Windows Moble-Based Device"
Open Program Files
Open amAzeGPS
Open sound_normal

There, before you, are all the sound files. They're .AMR files, playable with Quicktime. If you don't have Quicktime, it's a free download. Just Google it & install it on your PC (NOT your phone, LOL.)

The next thing you'll need is a program that can record your voice as a .wav file. I use Audacity. It's free, too.

The last program you'll need is something to convert the .wav file to a .amr file.
Here's a free one...
http://www.download.com/3055-2194_4-...?tag=pdl-redir

Pick out the file you want to replace. 001 is the lady's voice saying "Drive Carefully."

So, copy it from the sound_normal folder to your desktop or another folder. You'll want to save this so that you can revert back to it if you ever want to.

Now, open Audacity & record whatever sound you want... perhaps you saying, "Hurry the heck up, slowpoke!" Save the file as a .wav.

Now, open the AMR converter, then open the .wav file you just created & convert it. Save the converted file to a different folder and name it "001.AMR." Now, copy this new file to the sound_normal folder you have open from Activesync.


When you open amAze and begin navigating, the new sound should play.
For some reason, mine required a soft reset.



Just a note... you can have it play a snippet of a song. Metallica's Fuel is a good option!


Hope this helps!

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Oops... just realized the link to the .amr converter doesn't work.
Try this link:
http://www.formatoz.com/

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Thanks for the quick tutorial! will make it easy for us to tweak this to our hearts content!

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In regards to my little tutorial on replacing the default voice prompts, this site allows you to type in text & have the computer speak the words.

Play around with the punctuation & spelling to get things to sound right... also, try the various voices from the drop down menu.
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php