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

To record an english speaker, you can use the phrases in the Voice Commands section below directly. For other languages 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 unnecessary 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

Status

File	Text
RouteCalculated.ogg	Route calculated.
RouteDeviated.ogg	Deviated from the route.
GpsFound.ogg	GPS position found.
GpsLost.ogg	Lost GPS connection.

Start & Destination

File	Text
Marble.ogg	The Marble Team wishes you a safe and pleasant journey.
Depart.ogg	depart
Arrive.ogg	you have arrived at your destination

Turn Announcements

File	Text
AhExitLeft.ogg	ahead, exit left
AhExit.ogg	exit ahead
AhExitRight.ogg	ahead, exit right
AhKeepLeft.ogg	ahead, keep to the left
AhKeepRight.ogg	ahead, keep to the right
AhLeftTurn.ogg	ahead, turn left
AhRightTurn.ogg	ahead, turn right
AhUTurn.ogg	ahead, perform a u-turn
AhFerry.ogg	ahead, take the ferry
TryUTurn.ogg	when possible, make a u-turn
Charge.ogg	congestion charge

Turn Instructions

File	Text
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
RbBack.ogg	go all the way around the roundabout
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
RbRight.ogg	at the roundabout, bear right

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
LnLeft.ogg	left lane
LnRight.ogg	right lane
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.