TomTom PRO 8000 Reference Guide - Page 36

Voice control - Drive to, About voice control, Product manuals, What to say, Important, Voices

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Voice control - Drive to About voice control Note: Voice control is not supported on all devices or in all languages. Instead of tapping the screen to control your TomTom PRO device, you can use your voice to control your device. For example, to increase the volume on your device, you can say "Increase volume" or "Volume 50%". To view the list of available commands, tap Help in the Main menu, tap Product manuals and then tap What to say. Important: Voice control requires a computer voice. When there is no computer voice installed and selected on your TomTom PRO device, this feature is not available. To select a computer voice, tap Voices in the Settings menu, then tap Change voice and select a computer voice. Using voice control Voice control is switched on by default if it is supported by your chosen language. To switch off voice control and remove the button from the Driving view, tap Voice control in the Settings menu and select Disable voice control. The following example shows how to use voice control to plan a journey to your Home address: 1. Tap the microphone button in the Driving view to turn on the microphone. You see a screen with examples of commands you can say. Tap What to say to see a full list of commands you can say. Alternatively, tap Settings in the Main menu, tap Voice control and then tap What to say. 2. When you hear "Say a command" followed by a tone, say a command of your choice. For example, you can say "Drive home". Your device is only ready to listen after your hear the tone. While you are speaking the microphone monitor shows how well the device can hear your voice: A green bar means the device can hear your voice. A red bar means your voice is too loud for the device to recognise individual words. A grey bar means your voice is too quiet for the device to recognise individual words. 36

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Voice control - Drive to
About voice control
Note
: Voice control is not supported on all devices or in all languages.
Instead of tapping the screen to control your TomTom PRO device, you can use your voice to
control your device.
For example, to increase the volume on your device, you can say "Increase volume" or "Volume
50%".
To view the list of available commands, tap
Help
in the Main menu, tap
Product manuals
and then
tap
What to say
.
Important
: Voice control requires a computer voice. When there is no computer voice installed
and selected on your TomTom PRO device, this feature is not available.
To select a computer voice, tap
Voices
in the Settings menu, then tap
Change voice
and select a
computer voice.
Using voice control
Voice control is switched on by default if it is supported by your chosen language.
To switch off voice control and remove the button from the Driving view, tap
Voice control
in the
Settings menu and select
Disable voice control
.
The following example shows how to use voice control to plan a journey to your Home address:
1.
Tap the microphone button in the Driving view to turn on the microphone.
You see a screen with examples of commands you can say.
Tap
What to say
to see a full list of commands you can say. Alternatively, tap
Settings
in the
Main menu, tap
Voice control
and then tap
What to say
.
2.
When you hear "Say a command" followed by a tone, say a command of your choice. For
example, you can say "Drive home". Your device is only ready to listen after your hear the
tone.
While you are speaking the microphone monitor shows how well the device can hear your
voice:
A green bar means the device can hear your voice.
A red bar means your voice is too loud for the device to recognise
individual words.
A grey bar means your voice is too quiet for the device to recognise
individual words.