Ok, so here's the deal: I finally got TomTom vs 6.032 (8351) working on my Tilt but I do not have any voices selected. Error message is "You did not select a usable voice"
Where do the voice files go in the file structure? What do they consist of? How do I select them?
I see some files in a VOICE folder on my PC (workstation) that has *.vif and *.chk file types, are these the voices?
Please help
prealphageek
go to tomtom plus options and select to download a voice..you can do it from your tomtom application on your phone..it is on the same page with close application page on options..
prealphageek said:
Ok, so here's the deal: I finally got TomTom vs 6.032 (8351) working on my Tilt but I do not have any voices selected. Error message is "You did not select a usable voice"
Where do the voice files go in the file structure? What do they consist of? How do I select them?
I see some files in a VOICE folder on my PC (workstation) that has *.vif and *.chk file types, are these the voices?
Please help
prealphageek
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Voice files have .chk (actual voice file) and .vif (description) extensions. You can google "free tomtom voices" for some great celebrity voices. Just place the chk and vif file in \voices directory and you will be good to go.
You can also install TomTomHOME on your PC and download/manage your voices.
I had the same issue and a Google result advised to delete the "collected.ini" file after pasting the new voice files into the "voices" directory, then restarting TomTom. This worked like a charm and I now have John Cleese working correctly.
Hope this helps!
yeah john cleese is really the only good celebrity voice, all the others sound like crap/fake
Thanks guys I've got it work working and I'm loving it...
Have any of you guys tried creating your own tt voices? I found these stepshere
Edit or make your own TomTom voices:
1. Download and install VIFTOOL
2. Save voice files to the same directory as VIFTOOL
3. Save voice dataXX.CHK and dataXX.VIF files to the same directory as VIFTOOL
4. Goto Start>Run>CMD
5. In command window type "CD c:\viftool\"
6. In command window type "viftool.exe split dataXX.chk" to extract OGG files from tomtom CHK file.
7. Download Audacity installer - OGG editor
8. Open OGG files (one by one) with Audacity and replace original voice with your voice. Save your edits on exit.
9. Open OGG files (one by one) and replace original voice with your voice.
10. Download and install VifTool2.
11. Start VifTool2, enter file location and compress all OGG files to your own tomtom voice file.
12. Enjoy listening your own voice on your TomTom.
same problem please help
Hello, i just got my tilt. I got the gps to work, but i can't get any voices. I placed all my voices in the voices folder of my sd card. It still gives the message "you did not select a usable voice". i tried deleting the collected.ini file. it didnt work.
i've thought of downloading voices off the tomtom website. but they aren' free. i don't want to pay for a voice of the tomtom website when i already have a nice collection of voices.
i need advice please. does anyone else have this problem? are the voices files corrupted?
Hier you can find some including how to make yor onw voice.
http://www.ozpoi.com/TomTom_Celebrity_Voices.html
still not working
thank you for replying. but it is still not working. i placed the voices in the root folder called voices on my sd card....i'e uninstalled tomtom and reinstalled it. i've shut down the pda and restarted it... any advise on this will be appreciated
i fixed the problem. apparently you have to go to preferences and maually select a voice...
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i can't find it, and i've been searching for well over a week on the forum. a little help, please?
eric b
the voice files come in three parts the .vif the .chk and .bmp you need all 3 of the files of the corisponding voice to put into the voice folder thats in your root directory on you sd card
as said above make sure you have all 3 files, create a directory in the root of your microsd card called voices and then paste the 3 files into it. Open TomTom and go to the change voices under the settings and then scroll right until you find the voice you added.
I use version 6.010 because it allows me to have the changed data.chk file in the main tomtom dir which then has the speed camera warning voice of liz whitaker rather than the bell chime moo etc.
Russ
I need some more help here. I have spent hours fighting with this.
I installed TomTom from my MicroSD card and told it to install to device. Which it did. I have tried putting the voice files in the root of the SD card, tried putting them in a folder called voices in the root, I think I have tried them in every conceivable place on the device itself and can't get it to work. I accidentally got a Yoda voice to work but now can't figure out where I put the voice file to make it work. I had to flash my rom and now that voice is gone too. Is there a TomTom FAQ someplace on the net that people can go over.
Does this help?:
http://www.tomtom.com/support/category.php?ID=3&Language=4&query=voices&FID=7182
Hi there,
I also had the same problem, when I first bought my kaiser. There was a thread here in this forum telling how to rectify it. I vaguely remember going to the start>settings>connections>bluetooth. Then enabling the blue tooth explorer before installing the voices did the trick. But Now I did a hard reset and the problem is back again. So if u could find the solution please post it here...I couldnt find the orginal post.
Please check this thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339992
Download it directly from kaiser by clicking on the tomtom plus services.
It you have a problem with TomTom seeing new voices you added, then you have to delete the reference file in the voice directory TomTom uses to organize the different voices. Once you delete this file (sorry I forget what it is called), then on the next launch, TomTom should see all of your new voices.
All I had to do was put the 3 files for each voice I wanted into the voice folder. This folder is located in the "my device" > "program files" > "navigator" > "voices". Then when you start the program, go to the voice preference settings. It will ask you if you want to use voices in your language or all languages. Choose "all languages". Scroll backwards through the voices and before long you should see the voices that you added to the folder.
Not trying to start 1000 threads related to TomTom on the phone, but there seems to be a reoccurring issue with people wanting to get TomTom working on their AT&T Tilt. A lot of people, including myself earlier today, were running into issues with most of the posted files working on the AT&T Tilt. We'd get the message about the ROM being needed to be upgraded. Well buried deep in one of the TomTom threads there was a post by d12ag0n49 pointing to http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JZI2MQES (rar archive with password elrincondedey) that seems to solve the problem for AT&T Tilt users.
I have also uploaded just the cab file onto rapidshare without a password at:
http://rapidshare.com/files/62623762/ttn_6_032_8351_HTCNLD.cab.html
This version appears to work just fine on the AT&T tilt. It does not come with any maps and does link to getting the one free map online (although link never loaded for me). Just simple add the cab file onto your Tilt and install away. You'll have a single voice to choose from without getting additional voices.
Hope this helps.
Steven
i hear you... but man niether one wants to work for me. i guess im sh** out of luck.
but a question. you say just put the cab file in the tilt.
now in laymans terms i need more! assuming i have not installed anything related to tt where would i install this cab file?
Using ActiveSync you need to copy over the .cab file onto your phone (or maybe you can just save it through your browser on the phone). Once you have got it on the phone, you need to use File Explorer to navigate to the directory you saved it in. Find it and run it and it should install after that. What problem are you getting?
This TomTom .cab installed fine, and now I'm configuring it. I haven't finished, but just wanted to pause and thank you for the Female Eva voice from the NETHERLANDS! Like I understand that!
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Using ActiveSync you need to copy over the .cab file onto your phone (or maybe you can just save it through your browser on the phone). Once you have got it on the phone, you need to use File Explorer to navigate to the directory you saved it in. Find it and run it and it should install after that. What problem are you getting?
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steve
i will give it a try...will post my results
thanks bud
Yankee802 said:
This TomTom .cab installed fine, and now I'm configuring it. I haven't finished, but just wanted to pause and thank you for the Female Eva voice from the NETHERLANDS! Like I understand that!
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LOL yea might be a bit difficult, but at least you can see what's going on, right? If someone wants to post up detailed instruction on changing the voices/languages please do!
lol geez i think im going to give up
ok via sync i have "explore" which opens the phone.
1 i have copied the whole file and tried also just the contents...no luck you click on files nothing
2 i have copied the file and tried also just the contents into "my mobile phone"...no luck you click on files nothing
its as if after i copy them into the phone the are useless
the closest i have came is with one of the downloads it came as a install wizard which would extract it. but the phone says i need to update rom.
lets say I have a bunch of maps. how do I installthem so tom tom can see them?
lets say you share those maps...ahaha jk
this is where i need to be. try installing that ver (above links) of tt and then i believe you can use tt home or manually install your self in the proper directory.
i just cant get tt itself to install AAARRRGGG
good luck
grandsuke said:
lol geez i think im going to give up
ok via sync i have "explore" which opens the phone.
1 i have copied the whole file and tried also just the contents...no luck you click on files nothing
2 i have copied the file and tried also just the contents into "my mobile phone"...no luck you click on files nothing
its as if after i copy them into the phone the are useless
the closest i have came is with one of the downloads it came as a install wizard which would extract it. but the phone says i need to update rom.
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you're disconnecting your phone from activesync, then using file explorer on your phone to "click" on the cabs you copied over, right?
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you're disconnecting your phone from activesync, then using file explorer on your phone to "click" on the cabs you copied over, right?
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hmm, no (dam rookie)
update:
yeah still nothing
one version looks like it installs/extracts but nothing another verison i try says its not a valid pocket pc app.
How do I get US English voices? I have no idea what she is saying!
JBHorne said:
How do I get US English voices? I have no idea what she is saying!
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go to tomtom site and download tomtom Home
hey steven, my free map didn't load as well on my phone..so how i got the free map was : the page that was trying to load on my pie,i added that to my favorites folder and i synced my 8925 with favorites contacts etc checked and added it to my laptop internet explorer..opened the favorites there is was the map i was looking for....so i used the laptop to download the map...it is cool...hope works for you
when you download the software it should be one little app thats it..don't open it just put it on your phone ad usinf file explorer find it and click it..it should be easy..
anyone have any luck download English voice?
yea i ahve downloaded a voice pack. but not sure how to install it.
same with more maps. for some reason it wont ocpy over missing sync always fails
well if anyone wishes to help some more here it is...
i have downloaded the app and installed via active sync. i installed to my documents.
1.i have disconnected active sync
2.via the phone accessed file explorer and opened the cab file folder
inside are 10 files and a setup file. i click it (setup) and a "loading" bar moves at the bottom, 3kb then 9kb and then thats it.
3.nothing happens. no Tomtom. no other files are click-able.
4.???help please
att tilt
rom 1.57.502.2
grandsuke said:
2.via the phone accessed file explorer and opened the cab file folder
inside are 10 files and a setup file. i click it (setup) and a "loading" bar moves at the bottom, 3kb then 9kb and then thats it.
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If you click on a .cab file in file explorer on your phone, it shouldn't "open" (as in let you see the various files within the .cab), it should simply start installing. Not sure what's going on with you.
For those looking for voices, just google free tomtom voices, there are multiple places to find them (and there are some available directly from TomTom). Once you find the ones you want, you just copy those files directly into the "voices" folder that TomTom created. For me, it's in the root of my storage card. For maps, it created a "My documents" folder on my storage card, and the maps are stored in there. Once you get the maps and voices saved in the locations it expects them to be, you just switch to that voice and map in "preferences" within TomTom.
Hate to gloat, but I got TomTom6 working on my Tilt and it works great. Forget the english voices, go for the Darth Vader one!
A quick google search for "tomtom voices" yields a ton of sites.
I am a newbie & am having problems with TomTom Nav 6.
I have installed it onto my memory card & it open correctly, but I cannot select any voices. I have a voices folder with all the voice files in it but when I try to select a voice on the tomtom it just says 'you have not selected a useable voice'.
Can anyone help please?
Hi Madharm,
Try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=304276
Good luck
Look for a file called collected.ini (can't remember if it's on the device or sd) and delete it. It should make tomtom rescan for voices.
I've also found the same issue of disappearing voices when the bluetooth folder is exposed. Try going into settings>connections>bluetooth>FTP and make sure 'enable bluetooth explorer is unchecked.
Then fire up tomtom and see if the voices come back.
Can have the same issue with the maps as well.
Voices
When I installed the TT taster I didn't have any voices either. Did a search on google for free TT voices and found lots. Then justed added the to the voices folder and it works like a charm.
chrisnash said:
I've also found the same issue of disappearing voices when the bluetooth folder is exposed. Try going into settings>connections>bluetooth>FTP and make sure 'enable bluetooth explorer is unchecked.
Then fire up tomtom and see if the voices come back.
Can have the same issue with the maps as well.
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This was the fix for me - thank you! I turned off the bluetooth explorer setting, and both my voices and my postcode file became available in TT
Thanks for everyones help on this.
i have now got the voices working fine.
I had to delete the collected.ini file & it all worked ok.
Thanks
Hi, guys...this forum is wonderful!!
How can I install new voices on TomTom?
I've inserted some files in "Voices" folder but it doesn't work 'cause the tomtom doesn't display the voice..
How can I do??
p.s.: sorry for my English...I'm from Naples (Italia) ..
dp10 said:
Hi, guys...this forum is wonderful!!
How can I install new voices on TomTom?
I've inserted some files in "Voices" folder but it doesn't work 'cause the tomtom doesn't display the voice..
How can I do??
p.s.: sorry for my English...I'm from Naples (Italia) ..
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Are you sure that you don't have two folders called voice i.e. voice/voice?
i've just one folder called "voices"..in it i've the files of chiara's voice that i've downloaded from the tomtom official site
The folder has to be in the root of the internal storage and called "Voices"
Then in tomtom you need to select the voice.
I had the same problem with some funny voices. You have to go to the menue and choose the option to show you every language.
You have to create a 'voices' folder under \Program Files\Navigator and place the .CHK and .VIF files in the voices folder and then open up tomtom and choose the voices.
Don't forget the .ini file!!
You put the voices files (.vif, .chk, .bmp) in your "voices" folder AND YOU MUST HAVE the collected.ini file in the same folder.....place the voices folder in the the root of Internal Storage. Appears that the older voice files for TT5 and TT6 needs the .ini file to work (for me anyway!!)
A little question: can be activated the TTS with tomtom? (i've read it's only for PNA devices?)
...i think there is a trick, because currently i am using the ttom tts voices fixed for iGO8 ... they can be used for another app and not for tomtom on the pda?
Damn, collected.ini is the one file I'm missing.. any idea where I can get that?
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You put the voices files (.vif, .chk, .bmp) in your "voices" folder AND YOU MUST HAVE the collected.ini file in the same folder.....place the voices folder in the the root of Internal Storage. Appears that the older voice files for TT5 and TT6 needs the .ini file to work (for me anyway!!)
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I don't have this file...can I create it with notepad?
i got it and i hope my way is available to you.
firsr, there are three files of each voice with the name format of data**(** is several numbers)
second, these three files are saved in the folder 'voices', which is in the fold of tomtom file saved in.(for me, that is \internal storage\program files\navigator\)
last, when you run tomtom and change the voice, there will be a prompt indicating whether you will choose the same language, choose NO even you plan to select an english voice.
i am using tomtom 7.450.9028 in diamond.
i created the voices folder and didn't need the collected.ini file for the voices to work, cheers.
TomTom Voices Working
It took me two days to work it out myself. I had no problems with the files themselves, my issue was that I had installed tt7 on my SD card. I re-installed it to the Device and was able to then upload the new voices easily enough.
One tip: I used the "Explore" option in MS ActiveSync to navigate to the correct folder and dragged the voices I wanted over to the folder ("voices") located in the /Program Files/Navigator folder on the device. Full Path: /Program Files/Navigator/voices
Be sure to check "No" when it asks if you want to use the current language, or you may not see your new voices.
The *.vif files are plain text and are interpreted by tt7 to discover the voice's sex and languge. There are three numbers below the data*.chk entry which seem to indicate this and I'm not sure what else. Most of the newer tt7 files I downloaded had three numbers, anyway. The third-party (simulated) celebrity voicesI downloaded did not have these and tt7 seemed to think they were "Chinese" or "Special". It's not really worth it for me to fiddle around with various values in the *.vif files, but someone may wish to tweak them...
Limit?
Is there a limit of the amount of voices stored in the voices folder.
My Navigator only picks up before DATA121. Beyond that it doesnt appear.
I have my TomTom installed on my storage card and voices on my storage card.
Hello there,
I've done a little search but couldn't find a solution. If that's my bad, sorry.
I've just installed iGO8 R3 on my 130Kaiser-wm6.1 and downloaded a Voice pack.
Then I sent the Zip files to the Content/Voice folder, but it says No Voice Files Found and denies starting iGO.
ALthough I knew all the voice files reside as .zips in my 6915, I put the sound files as folders (same names as zips) under Voice folder.
Still the same fatal error.
Voice files are there, but it just can't use them?
Please, I'm gonna travel bout 200 kms on nearly unknown roads and I don't have a GPS =)
Thank you, and sorry again if this is a repost.
There are different errors that can keep iGo from starting; I had this for a while, something about no language files. What is the exact message you receive? Files required in the Content folder:
Storage Card\iGo8\Audio\ (I don't know what these files do, but I think they are Required)
Storage Card\iGo8\Content\LANG\ (These are the language files and are Required)
Storage Card\iGo8\Content\MAP\ (These are your maps and are Required)
Storage Card\iGo8\Content\POI\ (These are your points of interest and I think may be Required)
Storage Card\iGo8\Content\Voice\ (These are your voices and are Required)
All of these files should have come with the purchased version of iGO8,