Gps turn by turn voice nave for windows XP?
Submitted: Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010 at 18:49
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silkwood
I've looked but most responses are for ozi explorer. Is there good turn by turn software available for XP?
Cheers,
Mark
Reply By: DesF - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010 at 19:07
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010 at 19:07
Hi Do you want it for XP, or for your GPS, I can"t understand how you would use turn by turn voice on your PC,
I have mapsource and do the
routes and then send it to my GPS, which gives me the voice instructions ,
Cheers Des.
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Follow Up By: silkwood - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010 at 19:16
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010 at 19:16
I want it for my xp. I have a Viliv S5 and I am using Mapsphere, which is great for general mapping, but was wondering if turn by turn was available as software. I believe I can use route 66 or tomtom if using a windows mobile proxy? Touble is some have said this is inefficient.
Cheers,
Mark
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Follow Up By: TerraFirma - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 13:07
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 13:07
Waste of time. Bite the bullet and get yourself an Iphone. You can even jailcreak the Iphone in a minute and then take your pick of Tom Tom, Co-Pilt, Navigon, there all there to try. IMO
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Follow Up By: Signman - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 13:42
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 13:42
To TerraFirma..
'jailcreak' ??? Can you give me more info ??
Just got iphone3 last week- and would be interested in the setup !!
Ta
Signman
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Follow Up By: TerraFirma - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 15:43
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 15:43
Hey Signman, Jailbreak should have been. Jailbreaking your Iphone unlocks the device so you can break free from Apple's restrictions. It does not effect the phone in anyway shape or manner, except that you will have access to all sorts of software Apple will not approve via the Itunes site. Once jailbroken you can download free software via www.apptrackr.org
To jailbreak your Iphone visit
jailbreak your Iphone (Plse check what OS you are running 1st)
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Reply By: Member - res.q.guy (Vic.) - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010 at 21:07
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010 at 21:07
Hi Mark
You could look at Garmin's "nRoute", it may be of help, not sure if it has turn by turn voice though !
Details
here.
Cheers
Neil
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Reply By: mikehzz - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 00:20
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 00:20
Copilot live for laptop at www.alk.com. It's the same as their win mobile PDA version but runs on a laptop. Mike
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Follow Up By: MrBitchi (QLD) - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:09
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:09
Mike, do you use this? How good are the Aussie maps? What maps can you use with it?
From the web site it looks prety good but the site is a bit short on detail.
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Follow Up By: mikehzz - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 17:13
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 17:13
I have the win mobile version for pda's and smart phones. Its comparable to TomTom and the like. I've never used the laptop version though. Cheers
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Follow Up By: mikehzz - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 18:55
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 18:55
The other one I have used is called Destinator. They used to have a laptop version as
well. Mike
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Reply By: Member - Ian A (NSW) - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:32
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:32
I agree with Mike as I use the Copilot on our Samsung Q1 which is running Vista (imminent upgrade to Windows 7) and it is good.
I did hear somewhere that they may not be supplying in to Australia any more but not 100 percent on this, we also run Ozi on the pc for off road use.
We got ours through GPSOZ a number of years ago so might be worth checking in with them
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Reply By: silkwood - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 19:45
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 19:45
Thanks for the replies. I've looked at most. Neither Copilot nor Garmin are supporting software or maps for Australia anymore. I may look at these anyway but really I'm looking for something with more support.
There are a couple of alternatives, I'm currently trialling Centrafuse which is a brilliant GUI for windows touch screens and has an apparently very good GPS mapping system. I say apparently because the trial version doesn't have the Australian maps!! It's also quite expensive, so I really want to know if the maps are okay.
I have an Iphone, not what I'm looking for (okay for a phone but too many limitations for my liking). The Viliv runs Windows XP (I might upgrade to 7 with its touch support) and has inbuilt gps, bluetooth, wi-fi and 3g as
well as USB input and video in/out. In the states their are some great options for pc based machines but we just don't get the support here. I'll keep looking. If anyone has any more suggestions I'm all ears. Again Thanks for the help so far. It's given me some options.
Cheers,
Mark
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Follow Up By: silkwood - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 19:50
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 at 19:50
Sorry, the gps software with Centrafuse is Destinator, and I should have said "In the states {there} are some great options" Why can'tI edit here?
Cheers,
Mark
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Follow Up By: mikehzz - Thursday, Nov 25, 2010 at 02:13
Thursday, Nov 25, 2010 at 02:13
My first GPS software on PDA was Destinator and the maps were as good as TomTom. I imagine the newer versions are OK. I used it around Australia and Europe as
well in 2006. I've had TomTom, Copilot and Sygic since and find them all about the same. Mike
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Reply By: Chaz - Friday, Nov 26, 2010 at 11:48
Friday, Nov 26, 2010 at 11:48
Mark,
I use Freedrive with Destinator maps on my car PC running XP pro. It isn't as good as some of the later programs, but does the job
well and I have maps up to 2005. Not sure if the later Destinator maps work with it, but it has worked
well for me for many years.
Try
http://www.freedrive.co.uk/
Cheers,
Chaz
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