Which GPS units have full menu speech recognition?”
Garmin nuvi 860 with full Menu Speech Recognition Garmin unveiled the new nüvi 860, the first portable navigation device with full menu speech recognition. Other feature highlights of the Garmin nuvi 860 include safety camera alerts, emergency location assistance, hands free calling and photo navigation with Google Panoramio. Clive Taylor, Garmin’s Director of Product said, “Garmin’s nüvi 860 uses full menu speech control to make driving safer and easier. It’s now possible to keep both hands on the wheel and tell the nüvi 860 what to do and where to go. Simple shortcut phrases like ‘go home’ will automatically take you straight to the map screen and route you to your home in a matter of seconds.” In keeping with Garmin’s heritage of simple to use interface design, the nüvi 860’s speech recognition technology sets the new industry standard for speech recognition. Users mount a push-to-talk wireless remote to their steering wheel, which is used to activate voice commands – no additional