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1753 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 12:23 PM
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Replying to: anthonyy1 (Jun 04, 2009 12:22 pm) |
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Replying to: anthonyy1 (Jun 04, 2009 12:22 pm) |
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Replying to: anthonyy1 (Jun 04, 2009 12:22 pm) If you have a big 4" plus screen on an iPhone or something like that, and it had voice commands (I hear apple finally allowed that), then it's a potential replacement. But to read a tiny 2" cell phone screen is not enough, to me, to replace an all-in-one unit, especially when prices on those have plunged. What phone to you have the service on? How big is the screen? Does it offer voice commands while you drive? I do have a BlackBerry Curve 8900 device with T-Mobile data service, and I have Google Maps on that. But the written directions on that are hard to follow, and it's text or map; I want both. It doesn't speak directions. It does have traffic data but it's usually out-of-date. It is GPS capable but the screen on the 8900 is just 2.3" so I don't subscribe. |
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Should've got a Tom Tom. Tom Tom Adds Voice Navigation by Homer Simpson (Straightline) 
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Replying to: steve_ (Jun 19, 2009 10:11 pm) |
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Replying to: nortsr1 (Jun 20, 2009 2:36 am) I knew we should have taken that left at Albuquerque. Neat but likely annoying once the novelty wears off, plus do those voices include text-to-speech? If not then I'd never use it.
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Replying to: nortsr1 (Jun 20, 2009 2:36 am) You be wrong. Typically voices for a TomTom are about $10 one time. There are other user done voices that many times are free. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 22, 2009 11:14 am) AFAIK, none of the TomTom novelty voices does text to speech - only the computer generated voices. It would cost a whole lot more for the celebrity to speak every possible word and probably take lots of memory space.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 22, 2009 11:14 am) |
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Replying to: robr2 (Jun 22, 2009 12:01 pm) Funny thing is I like the Australian voice vs. the American or British one when it comes to computer-generated text-to-speech voices on my Garmin. Nice to have choices. |
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