[gps-talkusers] Verbosity.

Doug,

We worked a lot in the last release to make the Braille messages better. We can 
certainly do more and plan to continue improvements in the next release. 
Besides abbreviating messages, I agree it would be nice to have verbosity 
levels. This is a much bigger undertaking as far as programming time. Certainly 
beginners need a lot more verbocity than advanced users. 

The approaching message could be eliminated or made an option. It only occurs 
when you have a route open. Otherwise, you just get the intersection 
announcement as we have discussed before.

Mike
  

At 10:18 AM 8/29/2006, you wrote:
>yes, agreed.  This would also be useful for speech users because sometimes it 
>takes to long for the BN to spit out the info you want.
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <mailto:doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Doug wakefield 
>To: <mailto:gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:57 AM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Verbosity.
>
>Hello all,
>I'd like to introduce a new topic for discussion. It seems to me that in a 
>future release it would be great to have some verbosity settings. this would 
>be very important for those of us who like to operate with braille only.
>I paid very close attention to the messages I was reading on the way to work 
>this morning. Bebecause I had a route open, I was getting most of the cross 
>streets. However, for most waypoints I received three messages. First, I 
>read "next..." then "approaching..." and then "near.." It's no wonder the 
>unit has trouble keeping up. I'd love to see a way to reduce the number of 
>messages. For example, "next" would be fine, "approaching" takes up 8 cells 
>of the 18 cells PK display.
>Maybe there already is a way to do this but I don't know how. My selections 
>seem to be between detailed, or turns only. How about a "brief as opposed to 
>details.
>Anyone else have thoughts on this matter.
>Looking forward to hearing from people.
>
>Doug Wakefield
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jerry Hogan" 
><<mailto:jerryhogan5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jerryhogan5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <<mailto:gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:08 AM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Chris Grabowski joins the Sendero team
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>> Cris,
>> Congratulation and I hope that Mike is paying you enough.  Jerry Hogan
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Michael May" 
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>> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:43 PM
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Chris Grabowski joins the Sendero team
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