wakattack

Bitchin' Betty being the Female nav voice..

I just picked up a new Anthracite Navi over the weekend for the wife. Well the Navi understands my commands about 90% of the time, and hers about 5% of the time. She yells at it, trys to break out her speech. She does somewhat have the voice of a child, as when she order's Pizza for example, they sometimes ask to speak to her mother!! Even though she is 28. Any tips in Talking to the Navi?

bluenoise

I found the best way to get her to listen and understand is to talk in a normal, conversational tone, pace, and volume. Intentionally putting pauses and forced annunciation only makes it worse. Also, speaking too loudly probably causes a distorted signal and makes recognition even tougher. The manual mentions something about the pacing being natural and not staccato for best results.

I've tried tricking mine with a "fast-talkin' southern redneck" voice just for fun and found it picked up every command quite easily. If I speak clearly, quickly, and at normal volume, it works almost 100% of the time. I don't know if her voice being childlike is a problem. My 7-year-old daughter has gotten pretty good results with it, so it may be your wife is trying too hard with the yelling and pausing.

Good luck. I hope she gets it to work as it's really a great feature when it does.

AnthraciteTL

Make sure that you have the windows are up and the sunroof is closed. Also, make sure that she is saying the key words.

ludachrisvt

iTrader: (2)

yeah mine does not work if the heat is blowing (air flow distortion)

Driftychick

I found that the Male in the Navi systems responds better to the female voice commands! Probably just all in my head, but, I enjoy the male voice more than the female! Also, does not like zero as a number prefers just 0.

skeet4x25

I found talking normal works best. I use the female voice and have named her Meg. About the only time Meg gets confused is when I ask for sexual favors!

wakattack

That would be a hella' of a feature. I think I would be afraid!

mickey3c

Hmm maybe you need to have the wife and the navi go to counseling..LOL...