====== Audio Coach ======
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<wrap info>Limited use without purchased **[[https://www.locusmap.app/premium|Premium]]** - only one training scheme possible</wrap>

**Audio coach comments on your performance** during a workout or a trip **with voice notifications** of your **actual or average speed, distance, pace, elevation, heart rate** and many other parameters. 

It works with **training** schemes that are defined by the user and triggered together with [[manual:user_guide:tracks:recording|track recording]]. With the **[[https://www.locusmap.app/premium|Premium]]**, you can define training schemes for any type of sports activity.
===== How to set up a new training =====
  * go to <wrap box>//Settings > Track recording > Audio coach//</wrap>\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training.jpg?nolink |}}
  * tap **+** and insert **name** of the training scheme.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training02.jpg?nolink |}}\\ Change the **icon** if necessary and tap **ADD**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training03.jpg?nolink |}}
  * your training appears in the **training list**. Tap its {{:manual:user_guide:ic_more_ver_alt.png?nolink&30|}}menu and select **Set notifications**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training04.jpg?nolink |}}
  * tap **+** again and select **distance** or **time** notification\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training05.jpg?nolink |}}
  * define the **distance or time interval** of notifications and add stats - **distance, track time, pace, average speed, elevation, heart rate, cadence** (if a proper sensor is connected), **battery % and energy consumption**. All variables are available also in the interval (lap) versions. You can **combine both types of intervals** - distance and time and assign different variables to them and tailor the training scheme to your personal needs.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training06.jpg?nolink |}}

===== How to start Audio coach =====
==== Audio coach independent on recording profile ====
  * go to //Settings > Track recording > Audio coach// and **tap the training you want to activate** - it highlights **red**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training07.jpg?nolink |}}.\\ You can choose any track recording profile, and the Audio coach will comment on any of them with the same training scheme.
==== Automatic Audio coach start ====
It is possible to join a particular training scheme to a particular recording profile and start both at once without further setting.
  * the track recording panel contains an option to select Audio coach training scheme **before the start of the recording**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training08.jpg?nolink |}}
  * select the recording profile, select training, and press START. The training will stay assigned to your selected recording profile for future use.

You can assign the training scheme to a recording profile also in the Settings section:
  * go to <wrap box>//Settings > Track recording > Recording profiles//</wrap>\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training09.jpg?nolink |}}
  * select //recording profile > profile settings menu// {{:manual:user_guide:ic_bt_config_alt.png?nolink&30|}} > //Training auto-start//\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training10.jpg?nolink |}}
  * select the training scheme from the box
  * your selected training scheme name and icon appear in the settings and the auto-start is set\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training11.jpg?nolink |}}
===== Sound settings =====
The training manager uses the default TTS (text-to-speech) engine of your device. If you need to change the language or TTS engine, you can set it up directly from the training manager topbar menu{{:manual:user_guide:ic_more_ver_alt.png?nolink&30|}}:
{{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:training12.jpg?nolink |}}
More about [[manual:user_guide:settings:lang_units|text-to-speech settings in Locus >>]]