Garmin nuvi 850's Speech Recognition

With their nüvi series of personal navigation devices (PNDs)--that is, a vehicle navigator that also slips into a pocket as a handheld GPS--Garmin set the benchmark for the current generation of GPSes and continue to raise the bar.

The key breakthrough on the Garmin nuvi 850 is speech recognition. Using the steering wheel mounted remote simply speak menu commands, category names, and even addresses and business names. Reviews have complemented Garmin on getting the voice recognition right--cnet said "We were blown away at the accuracy of the speech recognition, the range of features you can use it with, and its overall ease of use."

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