Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha voice.
How can I get her back?

"Duke Mantee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha voice.
> How can I get her back?

did they change the name -
who is avail for American English female ?

"ps56k" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Duke Mantee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha voice.
>> How can I get her back?
>
> did they change the name -
> who is avail for American English female ?
>
http://www8.garmin.com/support/downl...ls.jsp?id=4145

On 6/15/11 1:17 PM, ps56k wrote:
> "Duke Mantee"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:itanb6$em7$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha voice.
>> How can I get her back?
>
> did they change the name -
> who is avail for American English female ?
>
>

Jill...

On 6/15/11 1:45 PM, Klatch wrote:
> "ps56k"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:itapeg$12u$(E-Mail Removed)...
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>> "Duke Mantee"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:itanb6$em7$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha voice.
>>> How can I get her back?
>>
>> did they change the name -
>> who is avail for American English female ?
>>
> http://www8.garmin.com/support/downl...ls.jsp?id=4145
>
>

I see that web page-- but when I connect my 1450LMT and run Webupdater,
there's only a fairly short voice list-- and no Samantha.

Any idea for how to get to a more comprehensive list? The list when I
used to have a 255W was quite long-- and included Samantha.

On 6/15/2011, Duke Mantee posted:
> Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha voice. How
> can I get her back?

Is it possible to copy Samantha's voice file from your older GPS?

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 6/15/11 12:41 PM, Duke Mantee wrote:
> Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha voice.
> How can I get her back?

Further info: I copied the Samantha voice files (.sum and .vpm) from a
255W to the 1450LMT. Samantha appeared in the 1450's
Settings\Language\voice list but when I selected it, I got an
"incompatible audio format" error message.

What's with that? I figured a Garmin voice is a Garmin voice...

On 6/15/11 2:29 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On 6/15/2011, Duke Mantee posted:
>> Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha
>> voice. How can I get her back?
>
> Is it possible to copy Samantha's voice file from your older GPS?
>

I copied the Samantha voice files (.sum and .vpm) from a 255W to the
1450LMT. Samantha appeared in the 1450's Settings\Language\voice list
but when I selected it, I got an "incompatible audio format" error message.

What's with that? I figured a Garmin voice is a Garmin voice...

On 6/15/2011, Duke Mantee posted:
> On 6/15/11 2:29 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On 6/15/2011, Duke Mantee posted:
>>> Just got a nuvi 1450LMT and there's no American English Samantha
>>> voice. How can I get her back?
>>
>> Is it possible to copy Samantha's voice file from your older GPS?
>>

> I copied the Samantha voice files (.sum and .vpm) from a 255W to the 1450LMT.
> Samantha appeared in the 1450's Settings\Language\voice list but when I
> selected it, I got an "incompatible audio format" error message.

> What's with that? I figured a Garmin voice is a Garmin voice...

Yeah, I thought the same. What a bummer...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Duke Mantee wrote:
> What's with that? I figured a Garmin voice is a Garmin voice...

I expect they have a policy of "continuous improvement", spelled "frequent
incompatibilities"...

Mike.
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