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Old 07-11-2009, 07:03 PM
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We have had two...

The first was a Tom Tom and they are a British company, so she would say things like "Take the Motorway" which sounded silly with an American accent. So we picked a British woman's voice and named her Jane after the perfect Jane Fairfax (in Jane Austen's Emma).

The 2nd one doesn't allow you to choose the voice (we think because it also reads off the actual streets). The simulated voice sounds faintly Scandinavian (yet bossy), so Jim named her Olga. Picture a very strong massage therapist....
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