Test of Text-to-Speech (TTS) Abbreviations in Waze Clients

[CBenson]

So I think I can confirm that "'E' St NW" is now pronounced "ee street northwest."* Unfortunately, I tested E St and I'm finding it really difficult to hear the difference between "ee" and "east." I'll try 'N' now.

* Oddly, when I route to a destination on "'E' St NW" my phone then has a sound file "ee street en double you Washington." I don't recall actually having heard "en double you" when reaching my destination. I wonder why this file is there.

[orbitc]

Should we start fixing those with single digit letters? or wait till you finish the next test?
Also, Should we change all or just the N,W, S, E letters?

[CBenson]

My gut reaction is just to change E, N, S and W. My vote would be to use the capital letter inside single quotes, but GizmoGuy stated that the recommendation to waze was to use double quotes. I don't remember (if I ever knew) why the preference for double quotes.

[orbitc]

If we change only those 4 letters, we have not many to do. We'll do the ones we know and correct as we see them.
Personally, I prefer single quotes, but if GizmoGuy recommended to Waze double then we will go with that.
I guess, just as long as we are consistent it shouldn't matter that much.

[txemt]

I have discovered, if you put a . after the letter, it'll say the letter.

I have a UTSA and a USAA Blvd in San Antonio. After doing some quick audio file checks, I found that Waze was saying "you tee south aaa" and "you south aaa aaa." I went ahead and did some changes and have found that "U.T.S.A." and "U.S.A.A." now say "you tee ess aaa" and "you ess aaa aaa" so you may want to try labeling E St as "E. St"

[jemay]

But putting a period implies there is more to the letter (representing a word).

[txemt]

But putting a period implies there is more to the letter (representing a word).

Huh?

[jemay]

U.S.A. = United States of America (U)nited (S)tates......

[AlanOfTheBerg]

But putting a period implies there is more to the letter (representing a word).

Huh?

A period means either the end of a sentence or that it is an abbreviation. One could argue E. is an abbreviation for East, but it cannot be an abbreviation for "ee" and therefore the dot method, I feel, should not be used.

[Wajo357]

But putting a period implies there is more to the letter (representing a word).

Huh?

A period means either the end of a sentence or that it is an abbreviation. One could argue E. is an abbreviation for East, but it cannot be an abbreviation for "ee" and therefore the dot method, I feel, should not be used.

When tested, S. is pronounced as "South".