Thread: TomTom Navigation NDS 3.4.21 - latam EN-RO MOD v1.0 by Santa Claus

That is info update and howto, not updated version.

What kind of voice control you expect? On Android devices it is defined exclusively systemically. This is not a music app
If you use TTS, it also has its own controls.

Like the kind I can use when using Waze.

ie it uses Google assistent to allow me to just say the postcode or address and then plans the route, making it basically totally hands free, without the need to type in these things.

I've seen the voice control menu in other pictures of tomtom versions, so its definitely a feature in some versions, whereby it turns on the mic and adds a mic pic to the map, but it doesnt seem to be there at all in this patched version. This is a massive drawback and a really big oversight. It is possible though I'm just blind and cannot find it, hence asking here.

If I'm not blind though and it does not have it, then I guess its back to using Waze again for me and just keep this as backup in case I ever run out of data.

Ian.

EDIT: This is from the Tomtom site.

-http://download.tomtom.com/open/manuals/LIVE/html/en-gb/Usingvoicecontrol-Nuance.htm

But as stated I simply cannot find this in this particular this version.

@ianmassey,

Are you sure you are not mixing up TOMTOM stand-alone units that have voice control just like Garmin GPS Units???

Now if you look at what Google points out see link below:

Spoiler: I do not think this will work with TOMTOM GPS app.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

But you can try to see it you can ever start TomTom let alone tell it to do something like find a street or business you want to go to.

I could be wrong you will have to try and report back if it worked.

Plus remember this is a free GPS it is not like the TomTom GO app.

I am not sure even TomTom Go app has voice control.

Thats a possibilty I hadnt considered.

Yes I can start Tomtom using Google assist, however when I say a postcode it opens and plans the route using Google maps.

Waze does not do this, once Waze is open and i say a postcode Google assist plans the route in Waze. This is because Waze has the voice control in the menu's that your turn on and it then places a mic pic into the map too. Its most confusing which Tomtom versions have what, but as this is a very important feature for ease of use and of course for legal reasons, I really would have though it would have been present in all Tomtom versions. But hey that's just my logic lol.

lol it turns out there's a mic icon in the search bar and if you tap it, it activates google assist and you are then able to speak your postcode or address which it then searches for. Sadly it doesnt just find what youve asked for, it finds many others too, so you then have to tap the one your looking for and then tap drive.

Its hardly completely hands free like Waze because you do have to keep interacting with it, where as in Waze you just speak and go, but it does work to a fashion anyway and makes life a bit easier, doing away with typing in addresses. It hardly keeps things legal though.

Tomtom does however have things that Waze doesn't such as clear route and find alternate and avoid roadblock. Its a shame one of them doesnt have all of these features.

Anyway for anyone wishing to try this as it is helpful, that's how you do it.