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

[CBenson]

it should be "Exit" rather than "Exits", if that's what the big green sign says

Just to clarify, you are saying it should be what the big green sign says, correct?

[sketch]

it should be "Exit" rather than "Exits", if that's what the big green sign says

Just to clarify, you are saying it should be what the big green sign says, correct?

Correct. I think this varies by state. In Louisiana, it'll say "Exit 232A-B", for example.

[txemt]

Correct. I think this varies by state. In Louisiana, it'll say "Exit 232A-B", for example.

It should say "Exit 223A-B: LA-xx / Williams Blvd / New Orleans International Airport"

I can't remember what state highway Williams Blvd is.

[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.

"'N' St SW" is pronounced "en street northwest" in the turn instructions.
I'm planing to change E, N, S and W street to include the single quotes.

[orbitc]

We will start changing N, E, W, S letters in NY and NJ starting Monday.

[Timbones]

Anyone tested a backslash preceding the letter, eg \N? It's a long shot, but if we're (very) lucky it'll appear as just N on the client, and pronounced 'en'.

And another thing: we should never need to abbreviate directions when they are used as nouns. "North St" is just fine, and the client doesn't need it to be shorter. IMHO.

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[orbitc]

Hi Tim,

I can setup a rig to test that theory. I'll let you know my findings.

Would you put Avenue S as Ave 'S' or just leave it as Avenue 'S'?

Ps. Great job as always with your scripts.

[Timbones]

Would you put Avenue S as Ave 'S' or just leave it as Avenue 'S'?

Not sure. Is it "Avenue Ess" or "Avenue South"? Which is the noun? Does it really need to be abbreviated at all? Maybe it's time to get rid of them altogether. Devices have much higher resolutions these days, and there's plenty of space on the screen for full road names... [/rant]

I'd certainly keep "The Avenue" unabbreviated (two of them in my village).

I've noticed that (in the UK) the directions (N) are now spoken as "En" not "North", et cetera

[xteejx]

Because people keep requesting things across the pond and elsewhere without anyone thinking about the consequences for everyone else. I keep saying it but there needs to be a proper requesting system and a structure in place, and testing by Waze on the TTS side.
What I really want to see is the ability for separate countries to have their own TTS rules which would sort all this out completely, and have designated testers and implementers from each country to have direct access, or at least to work VERY closely with HQ so things can be changed easily.

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[orbitc]

xteejx,
Couldn't agree more.

I'm sure, you've seen that we've been testing these in the past 2 weeks. We're also working close with some of the Waze Champs.

Without Waze doing anything initially, we'll fix our local issue by renaming those letters (N,S,E,W) with single letters. Currently, Avenue S in NY pronounced as Avenue South, which is wrong.

Our final conclusion is to use this format:

Avenue S will be Ave 'S'