• Free Garmin Voice Files

Garmin English-language voice versions and dates. Wed, - 11:53pm. Also noted is that there are now appearing some Garmin voices that are TTS3 which may for the new nuvi xxx7 series (or maybe just the nuvi 3597) devices that use new Real Voice files. Is there any way to convert the RGN files to.VPM and.SUM files. If you're using a Macintosh, simply double-click the.zip files to un-Zip.) These voices can be easily installed on many Garmin navigation devices by placing the.vpm files in the 'Garmin/Voice' directory on your navigation device. Here are Garmin's instructions to install voices. Use these files at your own risk.

How to get Homer Simpson (& Others) Voice on Garmin GPS

After I spent the day working my butt off, people asked me to do a post so whenever someone else needs it they could find it by searching on google (If this type of post is not ok I'll delete it right away mods).

So, if you're here that must mean you'd love to have Homer (or any other available character) himself giving you directions to your daily adventures!

And here's what you need: A Garmin GPS (some older models may not work, I couldn't find much info on this)

A PC

JetMouse 1.5 KeyGen with checksum fix

Voice files ( something something .VPM)

First, to explain how things work: Garmin uses VPM files to provide the commands, they are the actual voices you hear.

Some VPM files are locked (when you needed to purchase them), nowadays Garmin Voices have been discontinued, so I really don't know if it's illegal to share them.

To unlock the files and allow your GPS to play them, you need a UNL file.

A UNL file is simply a notepad file with a number (your key) and you save it as .UNL instead of .txt.

Now, you know how everything works, let's get cooking!

First download all the programs you need and connect your GPS to your PC.

Then, on the file explorer, open your GPS and look for a folder named 'Garmin', inside should have a file named 'Garmin.xml' in that file (which can be viewed on the internet or notepad) you can find your product ID, copy it.

Open jetmouse, place your unit ID on the Unit iD box and scroll down to select map product, click on it and go all the way to custom map, that will open another window with the following boxes:

FID, PID, RGNID and VENID

for Homer's voice, you should use these settings (also check the little box to allow editing on PID) (other voices uses different settings)

FID: 480 PID: 25 RGNID: 0 VENID: 0

Click the second generate code button (the one at the bottom)

That should generate your UNL code.

Open a new file on notepad and copy that code, nothing else.

Save it as a .unl file (check if it's not saved as .unl.txt by clicking to show extensions)(also, save it with the exact name as the VPM file)

Okay, almost over :D

Copy both the UNL and VPM to your garmin device, on the folder 'Voices'.

If everything was done correctly it should show up in the voices tab at settings inside your GPS :)

If it did not show up, most likely it was an issue with your UNL code, do it again, check everything and try again, try other voices, if nothing works, your GPS might not support it.

Adding Vehicles:

This is pretty much straight-forward, just copy the file into your GPS' Vehicles folder :)

Here are some links that should help you:

(the place where I got most of my info) https://www.gpspower.net/pois-voices-speedcams-vehicles/244039-garmin-voice-vehicle-bundles.html

(Google drive folder with JetMouse, homer's voice and car) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15ZH-8pTQZBoJCdfchb28bU6uYwxa6AQM?usp=sharing

Onedrive link (Same as Google Drive, kinda like a backup)

(I went to download the Keygen from Google drive and it said the file had a virus, my computer did not detect anything wrong with it, but just to be sure).

Have fun with your new pals on your daily drives :D

Edit:Some fixes and I screwed the title, oh boy.

Edit 2: on the keygen folder in google drive, there's another program, infoUC, use that to verify if the code provided by JetMouse is correct.

Edit 3: Added: Yoda, Wallace & Gromit and Cookie Monster :D

Edit 4: I've updated the link and I'll add a second one from Onedrive

Free Garmin Voice Files

Note: if you're just interested in the results without details, check the faq:

Elsewhere in the Factory's fourms, jfossy posted that there's a new Garmin nuvi 'Jill,' version 3.20, which offers 'Improved road name pronunciations.' In searching, I think that Karen, Samantha and probably Jack were also updated at about the same time with the same improvement.

I can never keep my voice versions straight so I now have a Post-It note with my English-language TTS findings. Here's what I found. Since Jack is the name used for both the high and low quality voice files, I have both listed--they are NOT interchangeable--WebUpdater or Garmin Express will offer you the one you can use. If you find updates or corrections to my list, please advise.

Please note that the nuvi model you have will dictate the TTS voices you can use--if your nuvi uses the low-quality voice engine, you need the small files and if your nuvi uses the high-quality voice engine, it uses the large files and the newest nuvis now use the TTS3 files.

Name, Current_version, Garmin's_webpage_date(m/d/y)

Large filesize, higher-quality
Jill, 3.40, 6/21/13
Jack, 2.20, 12/13/13
Karen, 2.20, 6/13/13
Lee, 1.90, 8/11/09
Emily, 2.50, 6/18/13
Daniel, 2.20, 6/18/13
Sangeeta, 1.00, 3/18/00

Note: the devices that use the above large filesize TTS voices also have the following non-TTS voices:

American Michelle, 2.00, 1/24/14
Australian Matilda, 1.00, possibly 12/7/11
British James, 2.10, possibly 11/29/11
British Kate, 2.10, possibly 11/30/11)

Small filesize, lower-quality
Samantha, 2.00, 6/12/13 (See my post of 6/1/14)
Jack, 2.00, 6/12/13 (See my post of 6/1/14)
Karen, 1.20, 6/18/13
Lee, 1.20, 6/18/13
Daniel, 1.30, 6/18/13
Serena, 1.30, 6/18/13
Sangeeta, 1.10, 7/20/11

Large file size, higher-quality TTS3
Serena, 2.20, 5/10/18 (also offers Real Voice)
Samantha, 2.70, 10/2/18 (also offers Real Voice)
Daniel, 2.20, 5/10/18
Jack, 2.70, 10/2/18
Lee, 2.30, 5/10/18
Karen,2.20, 5/10/18
Sangeeta, 2.20, 5/10/18

I also was pleasantly surprised to see that my nuvi 2460 shows the voice version being used in the Tools/Settings/System/About page. I think that most older nuvis (e.g., my 750 and 855) require delving into hidden developer screens to find voice versions. But my yellow Post-It is really all I need now if I keep it updated.

These voice change logs can be hard to find. I find the best way is to do an internet search for (minus the quotes) 'garmin voice version karen' and substituting the name desired in place of Karen when doing the search--or for the newest nuvis, search for (minus the quotes) 'garmin voice version serena tts3' for current updates with similar substitutions of your desired name in place of Serena. In general for now, look for internet search hits that are something like:

(for the hi-quality voices)
Voice, Australian English-Karen (TTS) software version

(for the low-quality voices--note the (v) after the (TTS))
Voice, Australian English-Karen (TTS)(v) software version

(for the TTS3 voices)
Voice, British-English, Serena (TTS3) software version

[Update 6/24/13] Thanks to MikeG1 and joegambino for quickly finding newer voice updates. Also noted is that there are now appearing some Garmin voices that are TTS3 which may for the new nuvi xxx7 series (or maybe just the nuvi 3597) devices that use new Real Voice files. I also have seen some Garmin TTS2 files but haven't found which devices use(d) them.

[Update 6/26/13] Thanks to charlesd45 for confirming that another of the xxx7 series beyond the 3597 uses Real Voice files and for further confusing me with the new nuvi 2597 model and probably many other of the new 2013 nuvi xxx7 models: I'm not quite sure where to place this so I'll offer it here for now. The new nuvi 2597, in addition to using the new large Real Voice files like TTS3 Samantha, also offers smaller voice files and yet another name: American English Michelle 2.00. And thanks for pointing out the GMapTool site.

[Update 4/18/14]
Thanks to dferron for leading me to find the new non-TTS voices for the GPS models that use the large filesize voice engine as well as the TTS Sangeeta voice.

[Update 6/1/14]
Thanks to raycock for leading me to several new updates.

[Update 6/4/14]
A link to the faq was added

[Update 6/11/14]
Thanks to raycock for posting a new Samantha v2.00 that actually works.

[Update 10/2/14]
Thanks to alandb for posting the news of seven new English language TTS3 voices

[Update 1/7/16]
Two new TTS3 updates offering 'Pronunciation improvements for major brands'

[Update 5/12/18]
Revised TTS3 voices

[Update 10/5/18]
Revised TTS3 voices Download anime hatsune miku.