[gps-talkusers] e: Re: e: Re: speaking passing cross streets.

Hi Mike
I would always want the name of the street i'm travelling on announced so that those streets where the name changes will always be spoken, if only the cross streets were spoken you may not realise that you'd move into a different named street.
Gavin Atkins


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:41:27 -0700
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: e: Re: speaking 
passing cross streets.

Now, there is one slight issue to wort out with 
this feature request.

Remember that GPS accuracy changes a lot. If you
are stopped or slowed down near an intersection, it is very possible that your position may flick between the street you are traveling on and the one you are crossing. Therefore, if you drop the announcement of both streets, it is possible that you will ocasionally receive an cross street announcement of the street that you are on rather than the correct one you are crossing.

One way we could deal with that is to announce the
cross street, as you are suggesting, only over 15 miles per hour and then we would leave the behavior under 15 miles per hour the same as it is.

Another question about this feature:

Is there reason to create an option of cross
street announcement only or should this be the regular behavior? Every time we add an option, we also add complexity. Perhaps we don't need to have the street you are on announcing all the time.

What do you all think?
Mike




At 07:04 AM 8/25/2006, you wrote:
I toss my vote in for Doug's option.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Breier" <abreier@xxxxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:22:04 -0500
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: speaking passing 
cross streets.

I agree with this option. I find is sometimes
more of a
distraction to hear
the points of interest. Even when I have that
turned off.
Today's Scripture

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and
certain of what
we do not
see." (Hebrews 11:1)


----- Original Message -----
From: "doug wakefield" <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 5:24 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: speaking passing 
cross streets.


thanks Mike,
I understand the dillemmas when something is
suggested by one
user.
Therefore maybe others can jump in here.
What I'm suggesting is a user selectable mode that
can be used in
vehicles
that will just tell you street names as you get
close or pass
them.
You don't need the name of the street your on
repeated over and
over, and in
a bus when you are waiting for your street, you
don't really need
to know
"right or left, you just need the street name. So
I'm suggesting
a setting
that overrides the speed related change in
announcements, plus
more control
over the verbosity.
By the way, Since I use my GPS on a PK, this brief
announce mode
would be
ideal for braille. I often run with speech off
when in a car or
bus.
Thanks for listening Mike.


-----Original Message-----
From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Michael
May
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 1:17 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: speaking passing 
cross streets.

Doug,

Not sure why you think we have strongly resisted
an announcement
of the
cross street only. This is the first request to
my knowledge for
that
feature. We add these requests to our database
and prioritize
them based
upon the number of user requests and the
difficulty of
implementing the
feature.

I personally think this is an excellent idea.

Mike


At 06:20 PM 8/24/2006, you wrote:
Pardon me but on this issue I have to disagree
stongly with Mike
May. I
use the sendero system everyday. I also have
owned a Trekker for
many
years.
Although you can't do things like plan a route
with Trekker in
vehicle
mode, you can hear every street name as you travel
on a bus or by
car.
It speaks it quickly and succinctly. My most
serious complaint
with the
Sendero GPS system is the lack of verbosity
settings. For
example, if
there were a "quick speak mode for intersections,
you just need
to hear
the street your crossing, not the street your on.
For some
reason this
has been resisted by the company. I believe it
could be a
terrific aid
for people trying to identify upcoming streets as
you travel by
bus.
That My two cents.

Doug Wakefield





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