Sony XAV-701HD Manual

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Sounds 

and 

voices

The front speaker of the Sony XNV is used to play sounds and voices from the TomTom 

navigation module.Your TomTom navigation module uses sound for the following:
• Driving directions and other route instructions
• Warnings that you set

There are two types of voice available for your navigation module:
• Computer voices

Computer voices are generated by your navigation module. They provide route instruc-

tions and read aloud city and street names, traffic and weather reports, user messages 

and tutorials.

• Human  voices

These are recorded by an actor and only provide route instructions.

Your TomTom navigation module uses text-to-speech technology and computer voices 

to read the street names on your map as it guides you on your route.

The computer voice analyses the whole phrase or sentence before speaking to ensure that 

the sentence sounds as close as possible to natural speech.

Computer voices can recognize and pronounce foreign towns and street names. For 

example, the English computer voice can read and pronounce French street names.

: 

If you require a computer voice and your language is unavailable, then you need to install 

and use the English language computer voice. For more information on computer voices, 

go to tomtom.com/services.

To select a different voice on your TomTom navigation module, tap Voices in the settings 

menu. Then tap Change voice and select the required voice.

You can change the volume on your TomTom navigation module in several ways.
• In the Driving view.