Voices

Select Settings in the Main Menu, then select Voices.

Choosing a voice

Select Choose a voice to change the voice that gives spoken directions and other route instructions.

Note: No voices are included in the installation package, so you need to download the voice that you require.

A wide range of voices are available. There are computer voices which can read street names and other information directly from the map and there are recorded voices which have been recorded by actors.

Note: Computer voices are not available in all languages.

Voice volume

Use the slider to lower the volume of voice instructions compared to other audio, such as music.

Instruction settings

• Read early instructions out loud

  For example, if you turn on this setting, you could hear early instructions such as "After 2 mi take the exit right" or "Ahead, turn left".

  Note: When a recorded voice is chosen, you see only this setting because recorded voices cannot read out road numbers, road signs, etc.

• Read road numbers out loud

  Use this setting to control whether road numbers are read out loud as part of navigation instructions. For example, when road numbers are read out loud, you hear "Turn left onto A100".

• Read road sign information out loud
• Use this setting to control whether road sign information is read out loud as part of navigation instructions. For example, "Turn left onto A302 Bridge Street toward Islington."
• Read street names out loud

  Use this setting to control whether street names are read out loud as part of navigation instructions. For example, when street names are read out loud, you hear "Turn left Graham Road toward Hackney."

• Read foreign street names out loud

  Use this setting to control whether foreign street names are read aloud as part of navigation instructions, such as "Turn right onto Champs Élysées." For example, an English computer voice can read and pronounce French street names but pronunciation may not be completely accurate.