acronym TTS

[invented]

The acronym "QEW" is getting pronounced "Cue" by TTS; I wanted to replace it with "Q.E.W.". Does anybody have any experience with similar situations, and will this get pronounced like it should?

[vectorspace]

The acronym "QEW" is getting pronounced "Cue" by TTS; I wanted to replace it with "Q.E.W.". Does anybody have any experience with similar situations, and will this get pronounced like it should?

QEW is standard enough throughout your region (I used to live in Buffalo/Orchard Park and drive up there all the time) that it would seem this should be solved by the Waze TTS programmers just like any standard road acronym (st, lp, blvd, pkwy, etc...) rather than trying to solve it in the map. I would write to them. -- Just my opinion!

[invented]

I can try that. I'm going to see what "Q.E.W." produces. I'm scared it's going to be "cue east west".

[GizmoGuy411]

The acronym "QEW" is getting pronounced "Cue" by TTS; I wanted to replace it with "Q.E.W.". Does anybody have any experience with similar situations, and will this get pronounced like it should?

Yes there is plenty of experience with this situation. For now your best option may be to spell out "Queen Elizabeth Way" if you have not found an abbreviation for the acronym "QEW" that sounds correct, or just hang tight.

There are several forum threads here that deal with the issue of TTS results, including one where we are building a master list of all the abbreviations (including acronyms) that we would like to test and eventually suggest to be added, changed, or removed from the TTS engine. Since I maintain the list, I'll be sure to add "QEW", "Q E W" and "Q.E.W." for testing. And you are correct, "Q.E.W." should be the preferred choice.

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

FYI, the Waze TTS is actually a product of Nuance, and the voices we hear are Samantha or Tom. In your client device, look in "About" for the credits to Nuance for both TTS and voice recognition.

[invented]

Okay, hold on to your seats, the map has updated and I'm going to try a "Q.E.W. Niagara" ramp in a few minutes to see what happens/explodes.

[hmarian]

Invented,

Where is this QEW issue on the TTS stands?

Hagay.

[rottielover]

I remember reading somewhere that if you wanted it to say "double you" for "W" in the client that you needed to enclose the letter in single quotes.

'w'

Does that help?

[GizmoGuy411]

It has been discussed here:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=15178&hilit=tts+abbreviation

Unfortunately, QEW is one of those many abbreviations that do not work as we would like.

The only way to get it to sound right would be spell it Q 'e' 'w', since the letters E and W would otherwise be pronounced as "east" and "west".

We are still working with Waze to address this issue TTS and letters.

We may also be able to ask that the combination QEW be pronounced Queen Elizabeth Highway in the future.

Does anyone have any idea how long the QEW is? It may help when we ask them for the exception rule!

[asterix06]

We had same problems in the past . They look to be solved with the new TTS release 01/07 now all acronym are correctly pronounced as per the instructions we sent to waze

Inviato dal mio HTC Sensation con Tapatalk 2

[hmarian]

If they are fixed how do we suppose to put QEW in the map editor?

Hagay.