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GVN 53 Owner’s Manual
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Voice Language
—change the language for all voice
prompts and messages. Select the voice you want to use
and select
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.
Two different types of voice languages are available:
text-to-speech and prerecorded.
Languages noted with a person’s name and (TTS) are
text-to-speech (TTS) voices: for example, American
English-Jill (TTS) is a text-to-speech voice. The text-
to-speech voices “read” and “speak” the same words
that are displayed on the screen. The voices have an
extensive vocabulary, and they pronounce the street
names as you approach turns.
Languages without a person’s name are prerecorded
voices, which have a limited vocabulary and do not
speak names of locations or streets.
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If
you change the Voice Language, you
must restart to complete this change.
text Language
—select a language for the on-screen
text. Changing the text language does not change the
language of map data or user-entered data.
Speech Rate
—select the rate at which prompts are
spoken.
Customizing the Keyboard Settings
Press
Menu
three times. Then select
General
>
Keyboard
.
Input type
—select
English only
keyboard, or select
Western European
to use diacritical characters.
Entry type
—select
ABCDEF
keyboard, or select
QWERtY
.
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