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

[Timbones]

If we make it a standard that "St" is "street" and "St." is "saint" then we know exactly how it will be pronounced regardless of where it is in the street name.

Is this going happen? Did the request get put in to HQ?

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[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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[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

[Timbones]

I thought this was a thread about US abbreviations.

If that is the case, can it be moved to the US forum?

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[txemt]

In Texas, we have three roads which I've never seen in any other state (and I've been to half of this country):

FM-Farm to Market
RM-Ranch to Market
PR-Park Road (this may be used inside parks throughout the country, but Texas names them for roads going to a park or through a national/state park).

Most people will say "take a left onto F M 429" but they are labeled as Farm to Market road 429. They are state maintained roads and there is no exact configuration on them, or no set standards as to how they built. You'll find them in ALL of the major cities in the state and they are usually called something else, but as you drive on the road through the city, you'll see the signs that remind you you're on FM 429. A lot of these roads are set to the maximum speed limit of the Interstate Highway System (I love flying down a FM road at 80mph and not worry about getting pulled over). I haven't used the TTS a whole bunch to figure out what it says when it comes to these roads, but I'm assuming it will say "take a left onto ef em 429." I'll report back when I decide to go down a FM road using the TTS.

[txemt]

I can confirm that FM roads are pronounced as 'Farm to Market'. I have not come across any RM roads or PR roads while driving. I have seen PR roads in the map editor, though.

You need to come further south. In the San Antonio/Austin area. More specifically near the Blanco area and some points in between College Station and Austin. The Park Roads are down near there, too. I know there is a Park Road near where the Bastrop fire was last year, and another one somewhere west of Austin, but they're there. Also, if you Google map Kyle, Tx and follow FM 967 out west from Kyle, it dead ends into RM 1826. You can also click on the street views and see the sign clearly marked as "Ranch Market."

[txemt]

FYI, Farm-to-Market Roads also exist in Iowa.

I did NOT know that.

[txemt]

I discovered, today, that "FM" reads "Farm to Market Rd."

[txemt]

Ok, I changed the four segments to be W Ave 'n', so when exiting the freeway the navigation would announce the street name correctly?

Let's hope it does.

[txemt]

I have confirmed, today, that "SH" for "State Highway" is NOT working.