Text to speech (TTS) refers to navigation instructions spoken to the driver by the Waze application.
With the turn instructions override the standard spoken instruction can be altered.
If you encounter wrong pronounciation in Belux, you can report it in Slack channel #63-bl_tts:
Instructions on ramps
To get the required directional TTS for ramps, the sign > is used, which is pronounced as
- in direction of' (Eng) '.
- "richting" (Dutch)
- "en direction de" (french)
Destinations
Destinations used in the name of ramps are generally white city names on the blue sign boards. If the sign board only contains destinations in different color, like black on white or brown touristic destinations, you can use them.
Roundabouts
Roundabouts have their own set of instructionsː For a standard roundabout (4 exits) the instruction is Turn left at the roundabout. For other roundabouts, the instruction will be like Take the third exit at the roundabout.
Abbreviations and symbols
To shorten the length of names, we can use the following symbols or abbreviations that will be pronounced as full words by TTS
| Abbreviation or symbol |
translates to | remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Dutch | french | German | ||
| > | in direction of | richting | en direction de | richtung | used mainly on ramps |
| Prof. | |||||
| Dr. | |||||