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Voice activated sat nav ?

paul2468
paul2468 Posts: 845 Forumite
Anyone seen or got a voice activated sat nav, i was wondering if they are any good as i may go in for one.
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  • Stoke
    Stoke Posts: 3,182 Forumite
    Unless you've got a quiet car, I've found voice activated sat navs are hit and miss, more often miss.
  • FlameCloud
    FlameCloud Posts: 1,952 Forumite
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    Mercedes comand system is voice controlled, but probably not what you are looking for.
  • Iceweasel
    Iceweasel Posts: 4,842 Forumite
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    Useless in Wales unless you're Welsh.
    Try saying Coedwig Coed Y Brenin near Dolgefeiliau.

    Useless in Scotland unless you're Scottish.
    Try saying Bruichladdich on Loch Indaal on Islay

    England is no better either - well for me anyway. :(

    How many people are really sure how to pronounce Wheathampstead?

    Is it Wheat-hampstead or Wheathamp - stead?

    Get the idea?

    And as for crossing the channel - words fail me.

    A Sat-Nav is most useful in places that you are unfamiliar with so you are highly likely to mispronounce them.
  • InsideInsurance
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    Iceweasel wrote: »
    Useless in Wales unless you're Welsh.
    Try saying Coedwig Coed Y Brenin near Dolgefeiliau.

    Useless in Scotland unless you're Scottish.
    Try saying Bruichladdich on Loch Indaal on Islay

    But are those that created the satnav/ voice command rules any better at knowing how they should be said? You may find its english speakers the systems understand better than those who give welsh/scottish pronunciations

    Dont know if mine has voice commands or not. I know in general the car does but dont know if that extends to the satnav or not. Tried it for making calls etc a couple of times and was underwhelmed by it -v- the simplicity of just selecting who you want to call etc
  • Wh05apk
    Wh05apk Posts: 2,938 Forumite
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    You can use an android phone with OKGoogle, not very accurate, I use it sometimes for dialling calls when driving, but you have to pronounce things phonetically, which might be completely different to how you would normally speak.
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  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    The sat nav in my car is voice activated. I only ever prod it with my fingers though.
  • DUTR
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    paul2468 wrote: »
    Anyone seen or got a voice activated sat nav, i was wondering if they are any good as i may go in for one.

    Do you mean a stand alone unit? The voice recognition of devices nowadays are pretty good, I had voice activated nav on my car and impressed with it now, it took some getting used to as it only understands certain command words.
  • Johno100
    Johno100 Posts: 5,259 Forumite
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    Iceweasel wrote: »
    Useless in Wales unless you're Welsh.
    Try saying Coedwig Coed Y Brenin near Dolgefeiliau.

    Useless in Scotland unless you're Scottish.
    Try saying Bruichladdich on Loch Indaal on Islay

    England is no better either - well for me anyway. :(

    How many people are really sure how to pronounce Wheathampstead?

    Is it Wheat-hampstead or Wheathamp - stead?

    Get the idea?

    And as for crossing the channel - words fail me.

    A Sat-Nav is most useful in places that you are unfamiliar with so you are highly likely to mispronounce them.

    Wouldn't it be great if someone invented a system with a series of letters and numbers that corresponded with small geographical areas, I don't know maybe call it 'code post' or something similar :D
  • Iceweasel
    Iceweasel Posts: 4,842 Forumite
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    Johno100 wrote: »
    Wouldn't it be great if someone invented a system with a series of letters and numbers that corresponded with small geographical areas, I don't know maybe call it 'code post' or something similar :D

    It'll never catch on! ;)
  • GabbaGabbaHey
    GabbaGabbaHey Posts: 1,097 Forumite
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    Johno100 wrote: »
    Wouldn't it be great if someone invented a system with a series of letters and numbers that corresponded with small geographical areas, I don't know maybe call it 'code post' or something similar :D
    Nah - all the idiots would be referring to it as "7 digit code post", as they're too stupid to know the difference between a "character" and a "digit"!
    Philip
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