Ability to edit the text-to-voice pronounciations
While navigating, text-to-voice feature often pronounces abbreviations literally - eg 'univ' as 'univ', not 'university'. It also pronounces 'Ave' like 'wave' not the long 'a' in 'Avenue'
Can map editors fix individual signs and navigation cues?
(I'm a level 1 editor - so maybe this something that senior editors have access to)
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Ian
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Same for St. Augustine, Florida.
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Lester
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I use Thomas (UK English) however it often mispronounces place names. For example "Saint Albans" is often abbreviated to "St Albans" Waze pronounces it "Street Albans". Also the inflection on some words can be wrong for example in the word "Roundabout". Thomas over stresses the "Roun" part. Surely it must be possible to add a pronunciation markup language to the place name database.
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Anonymous
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Perhaps Waze could add a method of reporting mispronounced road names. I have a nearby road named Ayrault Rd. A tough one for anyone to pronounce. Pronunciation should be "A rult" Waze pronounces it "Arrow Road". Is there a way to submit these for correction?
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JDHoward
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I was thinking about this suggestion just today. I find that a lot of road names around me are mispronounced. For example, we have a HOEN Road. Waze voice pronounces it "Hone" but locals pronounce it "Howan". It would be great to be able to correct pronunciations for street names like this.