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This. I've frequently been surprised by how useless the audio navigation is without being able to check the screen for clarity. There just needs to be a "no vi
by gearhart 8y ago
This. I've frequently been surprised by how useless the audio navigation is without being able to check the screen for clarity.
There just needs to be a "no visuals" setting where you get given much more audio information.
The worst experience I've had was riding in Slavic countries with just headphones in and realising after a few miles that GMaps couldn't pronounce the road names and so was just leaving a silence.
I'd get "Turn left on to ''". I thought the roads were numbered and I was constantly turning onto highway 2.
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoI find Google's audio cues to be bizarrely mistimed. I wrote navigation software for the PocketPC way back in '02, and my cues were more adaptive to approach speed.
- pro_zac 8y agoAgreed. I've tried several times to use google maps with bluetooth headphones on my bike in London. Unlike in the states, the roads are never straight for very long and there are lots of roundabouts. If you take a wrong exit, it will recalculate a new path, but without seeing the screen you don't know you messed up. I found myself wanting positive and negative feedback via audio. "Take the third exit at the round about." "Good job" or "Turned to soon. Recalculating"