[gps-talkusers] Re: New feature of the day October 15
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:38:44 -0400
Hi,
Currently that speed threshold cannot be adjusted, it's 15 mph then
you will no longer hear the heading/distance.
Hope this helps.
Chris
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:34:05 -0700, "Baracco, Andrew W"
<Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx> wrote:
>Trekker has had automatic reading of intersections since its outset. I
>think I like the idea of automatically toggling between verbosity levels
>based on speed. Can that speed threshold be adjusted?
>
>Andy
>
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>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve
>Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:33 AM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New feature of the day October 15
>
>Outstanding, that will really help us bus riders.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Grabowski" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "gps-talkusers" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:07 AM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] New feature of the day October 15
>
>
>The feature I will be discussing today is the automatic announcement
>of intersections. We have had the ability to announce upcoming
>intersections in LookAround mode. They would only trigger when your
>speed was below 15 MPH. You would get the current street you are on
>and heading/distance to the cross street.
>We have modified this so it works as follows.
>1. when traveling under 15 miles per hour you will get the current
>behavior. street you are on and distance to the cross street.
>2. When traveling above 15 mph you will only get the cross street
>announced, no heading and distance.
>3. intersections are checked every second so when traveling in a car
>once you cross street a, street b will be announced. Crossing street
>B will then in tern announce street C.
>The next intersection can be 150 feet ahead of you or 900 feet ahead
>of you, based on speed of travel.
>
>In the LookAround menu there is a new option, silence intersection
>announcements. by default it is set to 50 mph. When traveling above
>50 miles per hour intersections will not be announced.
>
>This is good if you are on a bus, you would like local streets
>announced, then the bus moves on the highway, you may not want the
>intersections automatically announced at this time. If you do not
>want intersections announced then lower the speed threshold in this
>item to 10 or 15 miles per hour. The choice is yours.
>Chris Grabowski
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Chris Grabowski
- Customer Support and Product testing
Sendero Group
"The GPS company." Also, distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor
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Mate
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Email: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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