Artman01

← Yeah, I got that feeling too. I thought Denso just did part of the system design, not the voice nav stuff. Where did you find that? :) I wouldn't think they would tell us anything about their technology :(

Thanks, but I was able to get a copy myself. The CD doesn't tell me much about the computer voice and it doesn't give me any sound samples. All you can hear is "please follow the highlighted route....", which imo is prerecorded and doesn't do much for me :( I appreciate your help :D

Hi, I'm a college student doing a project on voice recognition and text-to-speech and I'm currently concentrating on GPS systems in my research. I'm basically comparing several products, and the Lexus Navi System (2005) is one of them. I was wondering if anyone could tell me who did the voice recognition software and who programmed the computer generated voice (the one that tells you where to go and speaks the name of the streets, etc)? I would imagine it was outsourced. All I could find was who did the mapping, etc. Also, is there a place where I could find/download audio samples of the Lexus computer talking? I want to know how real it sounds compared to other systems that use prerecorded voices. Thanks alot :)