Michal Ždanský The Maps app in iOS 6 gets better with every beta. The vector version already shows the built-up area and many other details have been added that make the map base more and more usable, even though satellite maps are still poor, at least as far as the Czech Republic is concerned. The third beta brought an interesting novelty for domestic users – Czech voice navigation. Although Beta 3 was released a month and a half ago, there is also a newer version in the world, but there hasn't been much talk about the Czech voice yet.
The first and second betas used Siri technology, so voice navigation was only supported in a few languages. Since the third beta, voice synthesis has been used in languages that Sri does not yet know, which has already existed since iOS 5. Zuzana's voice is used for Czech navigation, which otherwise converts text into spoken language on an iPhone or iPad, you can also find it on a Mac. Czech voice synthesis in action:
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We noticed several interesting things about the navigation:
- If you have entered a destination that cannot be reached by car, the navigation will guide you to the nearest place where you can park and further guide you on foot.
- The color of the route abroad is blue, in the home country green.
- Navigation reports traffic jams and roadblocks.
The navigation looks really good, but we won't lie about the voice. He is just horrible!!! Even now I don't use it on the Mac because it's impossible to listen to and siri itself is not much better compared to this synthesis. In this case, Google was quite ahead of Apple and started doing it later. I hope that Apple will think about it and before Siri goes from beta to full there will be a complete change of these voices. To make them sound more human and not machine-like.
I agree, you can't listen to that voice for a long time
I use voice playback on my mac and it's a habit, but it could probably be better :)
Czech is terrible, but I quite like Siri, I wouldn't change much about it...
The voice is not great, but it's definitely not terrible. It serves the purpose well.
Slovak is also in the navigation?
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and how do I start voice navigation on iPhone 4?
Only 4S and 5..:)
"Czech" voice synthesis that doesn't know prepositions? wtf?
I'm looking forward to it!!
yes, those prepositions are quite a problem. I didn't understand at all for a while :( and at that speed it could be a problem. It will definitely disappear in the sharp version. Compare how it improves with the betas, you can definitely tell it every time. And otherwise, the voice seems to be very comfortable, it doesn't bother me at all Or, maybe there are machines around me and everything is different 8-O.
Does the navigation allow you to save the route in offline mode? Thanks :-)
Not much vocally, maybe he will fine-tune it.
The best is the laugh when he announces that he has to walk to the destination from there :-D