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,
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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.
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...
Has anyone managed to get speed cameras working with the tomtom 6.032 software? I have some speed camera files from a standalone tomtom and am not sure if they might work with my kaiser. FYI im using the western european maps if that makes any difference.
What kind of files do you have and where have you placed them??
There should be:
*.ov2 (data location file)
*.bmp (image)
*.ogg (sound)
And they must be placed in your Western Europe folder (not in a subfolder in that folder!)
Mine are working absolutely fine.
Mine are also working fine, providing you've got the right files they just need to be placed in the map folder. They will still work without the *.ogg but Tomtom will just use the beeps and sirens instead of voice warnings if the ogg files are missing.
If you are still struggling PM me and I'll try and help out with the relevant files
Ive had a look and the speed camera files are already in the western europe folder. however i cannot see the sound files. Is there a download for all the speed camera data or should it just be included with the european map? i can see the speed camera settings under the tom tom plus services menu but the only thing i can click on is "update now" which doesnt do anything. the buttons to switch on the speed camera warnings are greyed out, how do i enable this?
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help. I'm having problems with the voices since upgrading TomTom from 6 to 6.03. I had about 133 voice files to start with. I then pruned out the Outer Mongolian, Serbo Croatian, and assorted other foreign voices as they were of no use to me.
What I now have, is about 65 usable voices, which may sound good, but there are more voice files there than are being "recognised". e.g. Manuel, White Van Man and some others are physically in that folder, but no amount of switching on and off will "discover" them.
I did an experiment with the "Naughty" voice. I copied back, Brigitte (Danish) onto the phone, and sure enough, it was discovered, in all its Danish splendour. I then renamed the Naughty Selina files to "00" (having edited the vif file first) and overwrote the "Brigitte" chk and vif files with "Naughty Selina" files. The result was that Selina's voice is being heard (and icon, as I added that file as well) are being shown, but under the name of Brigitte, and with a Danish flag in the corner of the icon.
How can I "Anglosise" Selina, and how can I add back the other "missing" voices that are still not being found by the system? Is there a config file there that needs editing or something?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
I think I forgot to mention that the "Selina" voice, in it's original guise as "data03.vif" (etc) would NOT be recognised, and only after renaming did it spring to life.
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.