Marble/VoiceOfMarble/Translations

This page contains a list of all voice commands to be included in a Marble voice. See Voice of Marble if you came here by accident.

Instructions

We provide the voice commands for a selected number of languages:

• English
• Croatian
• Dutch
• French
• German
• Polish
• Romanian
• Russian
• Turkish

For languages which are not yet translated you need to translate the commands. Please ensure that

• the translated phrases are short, concise and easy to hear and understand -- this is crucial when driving, being unnecessarily verbose and correct is counterproductive
• the vocabulary used matches the regular technical driving terms
• phrases which are concatenated with other phrases form grammatically sensible sentences (if possible) -- see the Concatenated Phrases section below

To generate a translation text file which you can use during recording, do the following:

1. Download all voice commands and open them in a text editor
2. Replace each voice command with its translated version. Keep the tips above in mind.
3. Construct some concatenated phrases (see section below) and ensure that the sentences have a proper grammar (this is not always entirely possible).

Voice Commands

The Text field in each table is to be translated (spoken). The description does not need to be translated, it just describes in which context the text is used.

Status

File	Text	Description
RouteCalculated.ogg	Route calculated.	A new route was calculated after the user left the originally planned route.
RouteDeviated.ogg	Deviated from the route.	The user deviated from the originally planned route.
GpsFound.ogg	GPS position found.	A GPS connection was established and enough satellites are in view to determine the current location.
GpsLost.ogg	Lost GPS connection.	Not enough satellites are in view anymore to determine the current location.

Start & Destination

File	Text	Description
Marble.ogg	The Marble Team wishes you a safe and pleasant journey.	A Marble specific test sentence that is used as a preview when configuring speakers.
Depart.ogg	depart	A generic test sentence that is used as a preview when configuring speakers.
Arrive.ogg	you have arrived at your destination	Played shortly before reaching the destination.

Turn Announcements

File	Text	Description
AhExitLeft.ogg	ahead, exit left	The user should go on (between 100 meters and a few kilometers) and then take the exit on the left. The exit will be announced again.
AhExit.ogg	exit ahead	The user should go on (between 100 meters and a few kilometers) and then take the exit. The exit itself will be announced again.
AhExitRight.ogg	ahead, exit right	The user should go on (between 100 meters and a few kilometers) and then take the exit on the right. The exit will be announced again.
AhKeepLeft.ogg	ahead, keep to the left	The user should keep left to be on the correct lane for the next turn (which is between 100 meters and a few kilometers away)
AhKeepRight.ogg	ahead, keep to the right	The user should keep right to be on the correct lane for the next turn (which is between 100 meters and a few kilometers away)
AhLeftTurn.ogg	ahead, turn left	The user should go on (between 100 meters and a few kilometers) and then turn left. The turn will be announced again.
AhRightTurn.ogg	ahead, turn right	The user should go on (between 100 meters and a few kilometers) and then turn right. The turn will be announced again.
AhUTurn.ogg	ahead, perform a u-turn	The user should go on (between 100 meters and a few kilometers) and then perform a u-turn. The u-turn will be announced again.
AhFerry.ogg	ahead, take the ferry	The user should go on (between 100 meters and a few kilometers) and then take the ferry. The ferry will be announced again.
TryUTurn.ogg	when possible, make a u-turn	The user is deviating from the route and has to perform a u-turn to get back on it.
Charge.ogg	congestion charge	A fee has to be paid for an upcoming road and a toll booth, toll gate or toll plaza is ahead.

Turn Instructions

File	Text
LnLeft.ogg	stay in the left lane
LnRight.ogg	stay in the right lane
2ndLeft.ogg	take the second left
2ndRight.ogg	take the second right
3rdLeft.ogg	take the third left
3rdRight.ogg	take the third right
BearLeft.ogg	bear left
BearRight.ogg	bear right
KeepLeft.ogg	keep to the left
KeepRight.ogg	keep to the right
MwEnter.ogg	join the motorway
MwExitLeft.ogg	take the exit on the left
MwExit.ogg	take the next exit
MwExitRight.ogg	take the exit on the right
SharpLeft.ogg	turn sharply left
SharpRight.ogg	turn sharply right
Straight.ogg	go straight on
TurnLeft.ogg	turn left
TurnRight.ogg	turn right
UTurn.ogg	make a u-turn
TakeFerry.ogg	take the ferry

Roundabout

File	Text	Description
RbBack.ogg	go all the way around the roundabout	Using a roundabout to perform a u-turn
RbCross.ogg	go around the roundabout and
RbExit1.ogg	take the first exit
RbExit2.ogg	take the second exit
RbExit3.ogg	take the third exit
RbExit4.ogg	take the forth exit
RbExit5.ogg	take the fifth exit
RbExit6.ogg	take the sixth exit
RbLeft.ogg	at the roundabout, bear left	Used for roundabout that have separate lanes leading to a specific exit. For example, the right lane might lead to the first exit, the left one to the others.
RbRight.ogg	at the roundabout, bear right	Used for roundabout that have separate lanes leading to a specific exit. For example, the right lane might lead to the first exit, the left one to the others.

Distances

File	Text
50.ogg	fifty
80.ogg	eighty
100.ogg	one hundred
200.ogg	two hundred
300.ogg	three hundred
400.ogg	four hundred
500.ogg	five hundred
600.ogg	six hundred
700.ogg	seven hundred
800.ogg	eight hundred

Distance Units

File	Text
Meters.ogg	meters
Yards.ogg	yards

Conjunctions

File	Text
Then.ogg	then
RoadEnd.ogg	at the end of the road
After.ogg	after

Concatenated Phrases

Some of the voice commands above are concatenated to form sentences. Here is a list of them. These full sentences do not need to be recorded by you, they are automatically created from the recorded phrases they consist of.

Concatenated Phrase	Example
RoadEnd.ogg + <Turn Instruction>	At the end of the road, turn right.
<Turn Instruction> + Then.ogg + <Turn Instruction>	Take the exit on the right, then turn left.
After.ogg + <Distance> + <Distance Unit> + <Turn Instruction>	After 500 meters, turn sharply left.

To test that your recorded phrases work nicely as concatenated sentences, you can use the play command from the sox package. For example:

play After.ogg 100.ogg Meters.ogg TurnRight.ogg

Likewise you can use media players like amarok to play several files one after each other. Enable gapless playback, if possible.