How to Download Garmin Voices

Gone are the days where you needed to stop and ask people for directions. Thanks to the car GPS navigation devices, you have a satellite directed electronic navigator on which you can rely to provide directions, which are accurate to within a meter. If you have gotten over the Garmin vs. TomTom - which is better debate, and settled for the former, then you might be on the lookout for Garmin voices. If you are bored of the default voice of your GPS navigator device, what you need is a change of voice.

Voices vary according to accents, pronunciations, toning and several other features. There are voice that we love and voices that we simply don't connect with. However, the most unnerving voices are the monotonous mechanical ones that can make you feel dull because of their lack of liveliness. If you are sick of hearing the same monotonous drone of a voice on your Garmin GPS system for cars, you can change to a funnier and wackier voice which will make traveling more fun. Recognizing this need, Garmin offers a range of voices, that you can get installed on your device. They have a range of crazy outrageously funny voices, which you absolutely have to check out.

How to Download Garmin Voices for Your Car GPS?

As we know from listening to radio stations, voices do matter when it comes to narration or dialog of any kind. All the Nuvi devices launched by Garmin are voice compatible. There are plenty of Garmin voices to choose from. Here are some guidelines.

Visit the Garmin Website
Garmin has created an online repository for buying and downloading voices of your choices. So the first thing that you need to do is visit the Garmin website and go to the 'Voices' page. Just search with 'Garmin Voices' on the Google search engine and the page will turn up. You can download Garmin voices for free by visiting the 'Pigtones' website. You can also find some great voices on the Navtones website.

Select and Download Voices Which You Want
You will find a list of voices in front of you on the page. Some voices are free while some need to be bought. Some of them like the 'Yeti', 'Dr. Nightmare' and 'Team Garmin's Matt White' are free download Garmin voices. You can hear a preview of the voice by clicking 'play' on a media console embedded on the page. Click on the voice link to download set up files to your computer hard drive. From there, you can install them to your Garmin Nuvi device. In the next section, you will find information about how to install the Garmin voices on your car GPS.

How to Install Garmin Voices?

To install the voices on your Garmin device, you need a software program called the Garmin communicator. It can be downloaded for free from the Garmin website itself. Download the program and install it on your computer. This is an add-on program, that gets integrated with your browser.

Next, connect your Garmin device to your computer using the USB data cable that is supplied with the unit. Open the web page, with the voice download feature and click on the install voice button to get it directly installed on your GPS device. Disconnect the USB cable and then go to the GPS settings menu. In there, go to Language > Voice and select the downloaded voice you want to hear. With that, set up is complete. You can now use it in your car and get directions in your chosen voice.

A change of voice and toning may break the monotony of listening to the same voice on long hours of travel. Download a range of voices for your device and enjoy the variation of accents and toning that accompanies each one of them.