Another place to download U.S. Garmin voices free for your Garmin GPS is on the Garmin website itself. Hyster Forklift Manual Pdf Free. Garmin provides free fun and seasonal voices you can download and enjoy. First, you must make sure that your Garmin has the most current updates installed. You can check for updates on the Garmin. When you purchase a Garmin Nuvi GPS, the device automatically comes with many different voices to choose from. Different models each have different options available. Using celebrity/character voices in navigation systems goes back almost a decade, and features some of the biggest names in the world. Check out the slideshow for our collection of the greatest and geekiest. Most are still available for purchase (or free), particularly if you have a compatible Garmin.

As a publicity stunt, things don't get much cooler than having a big-name actor give an in-character performance in your car. That's what happening with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who to the mobile crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app to promote the new Terminator movie.

But the former governor of California is far from the first big celeb or major fictional character to get into the directions-giving game. In fact, he's not even the first one to do it for Waze—that was comedian Kevin Hart, who for the app in 2013 (to pimp his flick with Ice Cube, Ride Along.) Using celebrity/character voices in navigation systems goes back almost a decade, and features some of the biggest names in the world.

Check out the slideshow for our collection of the greatest and geekiest. Most are still available for purchase (or free), particularly if you have a compatible Garmin or TomTom navigation system (check compatibility before you buy). How this hasn't become a thing for Google and Apple Maps on phones yet, I don't know. Maybe Drake can soon.

Raycock wrote: Garmin just released Samantha voice version 2.30. The only thing that I can find is they have changed Pronunciation Improvements. I had both Samantha and Jack installed on the Nuvi 2597 and it offered the update for both on Webupdater. Note.On the last update some users didn't get the option to update other voices on their device. May have been a Garmin Express issue at that time. Used Webupdater myself at that time and got same options as above.

Garmin Express, even with the nuvi connected, selected and manually refreshed did not offer either voice update to my existing Samantha and Jack on the nuvi. Cummins Isx Front Crankshaft Seal Installer here. WebUpdater did offer both. Is it that GE hasn't yet been 'notified' of the new voice updates or do we again have a GE software bug?

If you experience the same issue, you will need to run WebUpdater (and install it, if needed). Rthibodaux wrote: New Garmin Voice Update 2.30 My wife and I also notice that on my new 60LMTHD that Jill is pronouncing the street name better. There is no new Jill voice update that I know of and making matters worse, I'm assuming the Drive 60 voices are the stock TTS3 voices meaning that there is no Jill available, even as a manual download/install.

Can you check and see what voice you are using? I expect it may be Samantha. Could you check your Drive 60 and tell us what voices your device has—and to be really helpful, which speak street names (or maybe say 'Uses Real Directions,' which use Real Voice, and the versions for each voice?

If the new Drive models use a new voice format, voice engine, and different stock and additional voices from what we have in the Voice FAQ, then I need to update the FAQ. Cyberian75 wrote: Only Samantha update for me. It's been reported several times that the software update choices from Garmin will only update an existing voice on your device.