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Post by Bmtg
Hello, I have a user report that states that Bradenton, FL, is being pronounced Brahd-en-ton, instead of the way it should, which is Braid-en-ton. Braid is indeed the correct way. Is this something that can be changed? Thx!
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BarfmanTheGreat wrote:Hello, I have a user report that states that Bradenton, FL, is being pronounced Brahd-en-ton, instead of the way it should, which is Braid-en-ton. Braid is indeed the correct way. Is this something that can be changed? Thx!
Theoretically yes it can be changed, but the change will affect the entire country anywhere that word is used. Therefore we must first know if this is something pronounced differently in different regions.

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Is there a method for doing this? I see there's a Bradenton Rd in Indiana, Bradenton Ave in OH, for example. No idea how it's said there, though.

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Post by Bmtg
I have a user reporting that voice said Drive instead of Doctor for this segment:
https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=usa&lo ... s=83508873
called "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr St S"

I see that Jr probably needs a period, but why would Dr. say drive?

They were turning right to go north on that segment, and they said it was the default voice.
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PesachZ wrote: There was an issue which we fixed, when was the report from.
Tell the reporter to navigate to cc@tts, and it should work properly after that.

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It was from June 24. I will provite that fix to them. Thx
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Post by Bmtg
I have a user saying that Flaghole Rd is being pronounced as Flag Hill Rd. Maybe the TTS is seeing it as Fla-ghole rather than Flag-Hole, and that's making it sound like Flagil. At any rate, is there a way to test this?

https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=usa&lo ... st=4385513
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PesachZ wrote:
BarfmanTheGreat wrote:I have a user reporting that voice said Drive instead of Doctor for this segment:
https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=usa&lo ... s=83508873
called "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr St S"

I see that Jr probably needs a period, but why would Dr. say drive?

They were turning right to go north on that segment, and they said it was the default voice.
Can you confirm this has been fixed now please?

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This wasn't my report, it was from a UR, so I don't know if it is working correctly or not. I will try to have another local editor try it out if I can. Thx
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Post by Bmtg
Mispronunciation of McMullen, spoken as McCullen.

https://editor-beta.waze.com/editor/?en ... st=5060087

User report, and the TTS engine in the editor reproduces it.

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Post by bowieb2
Any update on NE being pronounced "Nebraska"? My office is currently on the corner of "Nebraska 17th Court" and "Nebraska 14th Avenue" according to Waze.

"NE 38th St" does not have the issue any longer for some reason. Maybe because it's "St" rather than "Ave" or "Ct"?
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I just cleared the cache for the app. I'll see what it does at lunch and then send you a map link if the problem is still there.
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