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There are three types of official TomTom navigation voices:
- Standard voices that come pre-installed on every TomTom device. They are recorded voices and give you spoken instructions for your route.
- Computer voices that use text-to-speech technology to read street names, incoming text messages, weather information, etc. Not all devices support computer voices.
- Premium voices that have been recorded by celebrities and are available for purchase.
Downloading voices at no additional cost
To install more voices on your navigation device, follow these steps:
- Connect your device to your computer and launch TomTom HOME.
- Click Add Traffic, Voices, Speed Cameras etc. in the main menu in HOME.
- Click Voices .
- Select if you want to install a Recorded voice or a Computer voice .
- Select the voice you want to install.
- Click Add to install one of the thousands of voices at no additional cost that have been shared with the TomTom community.
Purchasing and downloading premium voices
- Connect your TomTom device to your computer and launch TomTom HOME.
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To purchase a premium voice click
Add Traffic, Voices, Speed Cameras etc.
>
Voices > Recorded Voices
.
Select a premium voice and follow the purchasing process. -
Click
Update my device
in the HOME menu.
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Select the checkbox next to the items you want to download and then click
Download updates
.
HOME downloads the selected items...
HOME then installs the selected items on your device.
- Click Device > Disconnect Device in the HOME menu. You can then disconnect your device from your computer.
To select a voice on your device, tap Change preferences > Voice preferences (on some devices) > Change voice .
Removing voices
To remove a voice sets from your navigation device or computer, follow these steps:
- Connect your device to your computer and launch TomTom HOME.
- Click Manage my device in the main menu in HOME.
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Items are shown in groups:
- To select one or two items in a group, click the plus sign to expand a group so you can see all the items in a group. Click the checkbox next to an item to select that item.
- To select all the items in a group, select the checkbox alongside the group name.
- Click the Items on device tab or the Remove items from computer tab.
- Select individual items or groups of items by selecting the checkbox next to an item or group.
- Click Remove items .