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Old 04-30-06, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockville
and once you see the high resolution screen and its new graphic interface you will not want to look at the Acura screen again IMO The voice commands were the main area we asked Lexus to improve on and they have delivered in the Gen. 5. The reason the voices sound real is that they are real women that record all of the possible words they can think of. The English speaking woman has been the same since 1998. The Gen. 5 has a new Spanish Chica to roll her R's at you. I have a certain fondness for the French woman's intonation....On the voice commands you can dial a phone number by saying the number, you can ask for an address but it's a little tedious: State, City, street address, with a confirmation each step...When you hear a single beep before a turn it's saying that it's getting close. When you hear a double beep you should actually be turning at that moment. The new graphics give you a better intersection overview especially for ramps and exits that divide once you take them...

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Sounds excellent!!! Yeah, I forgot to mention that aside from the voice, the graphics on the Acura system are, shall I say, not as 'smooth' as Lexus Gen 4. But Gen 5 is truly fantastic--better than my PC!

I'm looking forward to trying the different languages!

Is there a cheat voice command somewhere so you can get the car to say, "What else do you desire, Mr. Bond?"
Old 05-02-06, 02:50 AM
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BTW, I just checked out the Lexus.com ES e-brochure, and it says that the Gen5 NAVI allows you to 'input destinations by voice' when the car is moving or not.
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That's true and it works pretty good. Except for some hard-to-pronounce streets.
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