[lshanepowers]

Iguidance v4 works well with square screens. I use it with my Treo 700WX. I did the registry hack for all TTS announcements and liked it a lot more than the mixed announcements. I think the TTS sounds pretty clear and I like the speed of the TTS better than when it is mixed.
-Shane

[lshanepowers]

Iguidance v4 works well with square screens. I use it with my Treo 700WX. I did the registry hack for all TTS announcements and liked it a lot more than the mixed announcements. I think the TTS sounds pretty clear and I like the speed of the TTS better than when it is mixed.
-Shane

[dequardo]

Could you describe the registry hack in detail? I'm only aware of being able to turn it off. I'd be interested in what the mixed-announcements allows. Thanks!

Mike

[Jason Lee]

text to speech reg hack.

* Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\iNav\iGuidance

* Right-click on empty space in the right pane, and then select New > DWORD

* Name it TTS

* Set the value to 0 to hear direction prompts consisting of only WAV

* Set the value to 1 to hear direction prompts consisting of WAV & TTS

* Set the value to 2 to hear direction prompts consisting of only TTS


0 = voice prompts as in older iGuidance versions (no street names)
1 = default voice prompts of iGuidance 4
2 = TTS (text-to-speech) used for the whole voice prompt (not just for street names)

[dequardo]

Got it. Thanks. So you folks think setting '2' is most pleasing to the ear? I'll have to try it.

Mike

[Jason Lee]

Originally Posted by dequardo

Got it. Thanks. So you folks think setting '2' is most pleasing to the ear? I'll have to try it.

Mike

I'm not sure about pleasing but certainly less jaring.
But yes, 2 should give you all voice in the text to speech voice.

[Mark Kenepp]

Originally Posted by Jason Lee

One of the thingsi noticed about the Tomtom maps is that they actually show the shape of the street. Things like where a two lane road widens at an intersection to allow for left turn lanes. Left turn lanes along devided highways. Even spots where the road just widens a little. That truly amazed me. It is as if the digitized pictures of the roads.

Hmm, one thing that I always wanted my Nav software to do was tell me which lane I need to get into. When you say it shows the shape of the street, can you distinguish which lane you are in?

Originally Posted by Jason Lee

Tomtom also has the nice ability to add your own POIs or dwnload and install POI databases from he web. I saw there was one from Tomtom that was something like 20,000 retail locations or some such. Even places like Dunkin Donuts provide their stores as a download.

That's another thing that sounds appealing, though admittedly, I rarely use the POI functions of my Nav software.

Thanks for the reply,

[Jason Lee]

Originally Posted by Mark Kenepp

Hmm, one thing that I always wanted my Nav software to do was tell me which lane I need to get into. When you say it shows the shape of the street, can you distinguish which lane you are in?

Actuall yes. This was another feature that really surprised me!

"In 400 yards, turn left and then stay in the left lane."

I was very excited when i heard that.

[joeru]

Doug,

After trying iGuidance 4.0, Tomtom 6 and OCN6, which are you preferring at this point?

- Joe

[Doug Raeburn]

Originally Posted by joeru

Doug,

After trying iGuidance 4.0, Tomtom 6 and OCN6, which are you preferring at this point?

- Joe

These 3 are so close it's almost impossible to call. But if I had to rank them, I'd choose OCN6 first, TomTom 6 second and iGuidance third.

I like OCN6's voice prompts best (aside from the lack of text-to-speech) in that it always gives the distance to the next turn. It has better warning tones and tells you when it's recalculating a route. And it has the best independent volume control of the 3, being the only one that's totally independent of system volume.

TomTom is a very close match to OCN6, lacking just the features that I listed above. It's a very competent package, and I'm looking forward to their next release.

iGuidance is again very close to the other 2 functionally. And it does have the text-to-speech feature, but it's a bit too rough in its current form for my tastes. I guess that's my biggest thing with iGuidance... compared to the polished design of the other 2, it just seems a bit rough around the edges. Map appearance and menu design is a click behind the other 2, IMO.

[joeru]

Thanks for the reply. Is TomTom due for a new release soon? I like the features of OCN6, but hate the idea of switching microSD cards in an out.