We have a Garmin nuvi 260W, and we love it. The wide screen and text-to-speech functionality make navigation a snap. We were thus very disappointed when our GPS suddenly stop reading of the street names.
This isn’t to say that it stopped giving verbal directions entirely. Rather, it reverted to saying things like “Turn right in 500 feet” instead of “Turn right on Main Street.” It’s a subtle difference, but it makes a difference.
While I still haven’t figured out why the text-to-speech stopped working, I’m pleased to report that I’ve figured out how to turn it back on.
How to fix the text-to-speech problem
From the Main Menu:
- Select “Tools” (the wrench icon)
- Select “Settings” (another wrench icon)
- Select “Language” (looks like a pair of lips)
- Select “Voice“
- Choose any language that ends in TTS (for text-to-speech)
In our case, the language had somehow defaulted to “American English,” which results in standard directions being given (without street names). I switched it back to “American English-Samantha (TTS)” and everything started working again.
Note that you can change it to a male voice — “American English-Jack (TTS)” — if you prefer.
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thanks for the info, somehow mine had gone to british english, turned on british english serena tts and all is well, cheers
Thanks for this, it was a big help for me. I was knocking my brains out tryingto figure it out since I added Garmin’s new voices to my Nuvi 255W. I’ll miss Squirrel but TTS of road names is more important to me. B-)