Delorme 6 Manuel D’Utilisation

XMap User Guide 

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•  Your best speech recognition responses will always be to use a close-

talk microphone with voice output using the laptop speakers rather 

than a headphone speaker so that the computer will not "hear itself." 

•  If you are speaking with someone else in the room, have a radio or 

television on, and so on, the computer may think those sounds are 
commands to follow. Select the Microphone check box on the Voice tab 

only when you intend to use it. If you exit the program with the 
Microphone check box selected, the program will start speech 

recognition again when you restart the program. Voice recognition 
requires a lot of disk space and slows down the system if you are not 
using it. Remember: the Voice tab displays with red font whenever the 

microphone is listening. 

•  Use the Commands Start With feature in the Voice tab in the Options 

dialog to clearly distinguish commands from other noise and speech. 
Set the Commands Start With phrase to something like “computer” or 

“Simon Says” to reduce the chances of an unexpected command 
recognition. When choosing a phrase, make sure that it is more than 

one syllable. The phrases "computer" or "Simon Says" work well. But 
the simple word "map" probably will not. 

•  Train the speech recognition system in the environment in which you 

will use it (for example, in a noisy car). 

Note  To find out the proper position for your microphone model, or to find tips on 

how to purchase a microphone, click the Options button 

 on the toolbar 

(or click the arrow next to the Options toolbar button to open the menu; then, click 
Options to open the dialog box), click the Voice Settings tab, and then click 

Microphone Setup. Or, from the Start menu on your computer, browse to the 
Control Panel and double-click the Speech icon to open the Speech Properties dialog 

box. 

 

To use voice navigation, you must have a 2-D or 3-D GPS fix and a route 
calculated. 

 
Your application offers text-to-speech technology so you can receive spoken updates 
about your route directions, next turn, next stop, current location, time to finish, or 
current coordinates when navigating with a GPS receiver. Text-to-speech allows 

hands-free navigation of the program on your computer. 
Use your text-to-speech engine to change and preview the tone and quality of the 

computer's voice. 

Use the following steps to change your computer's voice. 

1.  Click the Options button 

 on the toolbar.  

OR 

Click the arrow next to the Options toolbar button to open the menu. Then, 
click Options to open the dialog box.