You can, you need to go into the Menus and turn auto-announcement off.

I also changed the default PFA from 200 to 201 to get the S-meter reading on 
receive and Power Out on transmit.  You can always get the frequency by 
pressing enter twice.

I programmed the PFb key for 202, which will read SWR, ALC, and Processor 
when transmitting.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Howell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: VGS-1 Mystery


>I experienced the same thing and believe someone fell asleep when =
> developing this feature. In fact my only complaints with the speech is =
> the fact you cannot speed it up and you cannot set what things speak. =
> For example, when I adjust the filter I would rather not hear "shift =
> 600" blah blah.
> Otherwise, the voice is really great on this rig.
>
> On Jan 5, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Steve wrote:
>
>> BlankOk, got my TS-590 all installed.
>>=20
>> With the VGS-1, supposedly Menu 7 is supposed to change the announce =
> speed.=20
>> It varies from 1 to 4.
>>=20
>> However, on my unit, it changes pitch.  Do I have a defect, or is =
> announce=20
>> speed one of those things that's lost in the translation?
>>=20
>> Steve, K8SP
>> Lansing, MI