Gps with voice, "talking" GPS

Does there exist a handheld GPS that talks?

A very nice lady here at work wants to give her hubby a gift for his
retirement, and she knows he likes GPSs, and she knows he likes the
voice feature. So far I have not found one for her that talks. The
only GPSs I know of that talk are permanently installed in cars.

Anyway, someone tell me about a handheld GPS that has a surface
database capability, and a voice.

Thanks,

Bob

A number of the car navigators for the IPAQ have voice prompting. I use
Mapopolis (www.mapopolis.com).

I also thought some of the Garmin units, land not aviation, had voice
prompting.

jerry

"gyrobob" wrote in message
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Does there exist a handheld GPS that talks?

A very nice lady here at work wants to give her hubby a gift for his
retirement, and she knows he likes GPSs, and she knows he likes the
voice feature. So far I have not found one for her that talks. The
only GPSs I know of that talk are permanently installed in cars.

Anyway, someone tell me about a handheld GPS that has a surface
database capability, and a voice.

Thanks,

Bob

The StreetPilot III in my car talks to me (it is not permanently installed)
but I don't always agree with what it says with regard to routing. I can't
imagine how such a device would work in aviation. It is not unusual for it
to recommend a route that takes me far afield from where I want to go.

Bob Gardner

"gyrobob" wrote in message
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Does there exist a handheld GPS that talks?

A very nice lady here at work wants to give her hubby a gift for his
retirement, and she knows he likes GPSs, and she knows he likes the
voice feature. So far I have not found one for her that talks. The
only GPSs I know of that talk are permanently installed in cars.

Anyway, someone tell me about a handheld GPS that has a surface
database capability, and a voice.

Thanks,

Bob

I should have mentioned that this won't be used in an aircraft
(probably), just in a car.

Now that we think about it, I wonder if you could put an aviation
database in it. Forget the voice, just used it for VORs,
intersections, airports, etc.

Thanks for the info.



"Bob Gardner" wrote in message news:n627b.291206$Oz4.80511@rwcrnsc54...
The StreetPilot III in my car talks to me (it is not permanently installed)
but I don't always agree with what it says with regard to routing. I can't
imagine how such a device would work in aviation. It is not unusual for it
to recommend a route that takes me far afield from where I want to go.

Bob Gardner

"gyrobob" wrote in message
om...
Does there exist a handheld GPS that talks?

A very nice lady here at work wants to give her hubby a gift for his
retirement, and she knows he likes GPSs, and she knows he likes the
voice feature. So far I have not found one for her that talks. The
only GPSs I know of that talk are permanently installed in cars.

Anyway, someone tell me about a handheld GPS that has a surface
database capability, and a voice.

Thanks,

Bob

a good place to buy garmin GPS equipment is

www.tvnav.com

I have always had great experiences with them.


Bob Gardner wrote in message ...
The StreetPilot III in my car talks to me (it is not permanently installed)
but I don't always agree with what it says with regard to routing. I can't
imagine how such a device would work in aviation. It is not unusual for it
to recommend a route that takes me far afield from where I want to go.


"gyrobob" wrote in message
Does there exist a handheld GPS that talks?