does this have voice recognition so that i can speak the name of my destination.
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I don't know why people responded that there is voice recognition with the Nuvi 2557. I purchased because they said it did but it definitely NOES NOT HAVE VOICE RECOGNITION. I checked on the garmin site just to make sure and it confirms under "features and benefits" that there is no voice activated navigation. Now I need to decide if I'll keep this version. Wish amazon checked these answers as there were 6 answers saying yes, I thought it was accurate.
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If you can get the GPS to understand what you are saying, yes. You say something to it and it comes up with nothing close. You keep saying things and it keeps coming up with other things. Once in a while it will get it right.
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It does have voice recognition for identifying places, addresses, name, etc. However the voice recognition is only right approximately 50% of the time. The vehicle needs to be quiet and you will need to speak clearly for it to work effectively.
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Hi Bren, yep, it sure does, and works rather well too. Just say "Find Place" then say the name of the place. ie.."Joe's Pizza". It will come back and say "Did you say Joe's Pizza? speak YES. It will show you all the Joe'sPizza's, with the nearest one first. Then you just say 1 (If that's the Joe's Pizza you want. You can also doaddress the same way. Just quickly way the address like twenty three fifty two North Main Street. It likes you to say itfast. I've had mine for about a year now. I really like it. Oh, it doesn't say "Recaulating" anymore. it just reroutes you almost instantly and tells you what to do. There is a lot to like with the nuvi 2557. It's also very FAST in all operations.Take Care and God Bless. Hi Bren, yep, it sure does, and works rather well too. Just say "Find Place" then say the name of the place. ie.."Joe's Pizza". It will come back and say "Did you say Joe's Pizza? speak YES. It will show you all the Joe'sPizza's, with the nearest one first. Then you just say 1 (If that's the Joe's Pizza you want. You can also doaddress the same way. Just quickly way the address like twenty three fifty two North Main Street. It likes you to say itfast. I've had mine for about a year now. I really like it. Oh, it doesn't say... » Read More Hi Bren, yep, it sure does, and works rather well too. Just say "Find Place" then say the name of the place. ie.."Joe's Pizza". It will come back and say "Did you say Joe's Pizza? speak YES. It will show you all the Joe'sPizza's, with the nearest one first. Then you just say 1 (If that's the Joe's Pizza you want. You can also doaddress the same way. Just quickly way the address like twenty three fifty two North Main Street. It likes you to say itfast. I've had mine for about a year now. I really like it. Oh, it doesn't say "Recaulating" anymore. it just reroutes you almost instantly and tells you what to do. There is a lot to like with the nuvi 2557. It's also very FAST in all operations.Take Care and God Bless. « Show Less
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Pretty much. It does a pretty good job of recognizing spoken addresses. It has more difficulty in recognizing some common destinations like "the art museum". But it does a pretty good job of recognizing and directing you to "Wendy's" and such.
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I found out (after I bought it of course) that only the models that have bluetooth have voice recognition, it seemed odd to have something like that tied to having bluetooth, I have the one with lifetime maps + traffic (no bluetooth) and don't have the feature.
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This one DOES NOT. Pay attention to the TINY numbers on the reviews. I purchased this thinking it does, I am planning on returning it for one that does. The 2557lmt does not. The others that are grouped into the same reviews do.
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I don't think so. At least according to the Garmin web site, the 2557LMT does NOT have voice activation.
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I believe you can opt to have street names spoken. Haven't use mine lately since my Lexus has the GPS system!
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No, you are correct. There is a hands-free voice command system included in this precious little gem! :)
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yes it does have a google voice search and of course you have to to speak clearly and it works decent just check your manual go on line to see how to do it easier than going to the phonesw settings or just got to your cell provider they can help
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Yes. i use this with my Android phone and it recognizes my voice recognition
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No, it does not. The female voice only speaks a name when someone calls you. That is, if you have caller ID. By the way, she is not from around here...maybe a robot from Mars trained her, because she does not know how to pronounce even simple words. But you get her drift after a few calls.
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I believe it can, but only if you enter the name in the headset's phone database.
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I haven't tried it with voice recognition, but it does work with the windows 7 Laptop
235361
I believe it does but I have not used this feature. I use it mainly for geocaching.
433997
Yes it has voice command, I haven't tried to answer a text back or actually say the whole phone number to it , If that's what u are asking
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Mine does - I have an iPhone and when I use apple or Google maps, the audible directions it gives me comes through my speakers.
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My Garmin 3450 does not have voice activation! It is advertised as having "voice prompt" which is the GPS telling you when to turm, etc. I am not aware of it being able to recognize voice command.
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if its got an android app then i dont see why not. I use the Google Now Voice app and it works great for voice recognition.
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Yes. It tries to pronounce the name. If no name is given it says the phone number. It says 'unavailable' otherwise
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I don't know for sure William, but I think it does. At least, a few days ago our Garmin (in a shared car) gave me directions as soon as I started the car (and I wasn't the one who'd entered that information).
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Yes it does. The flight attendants on all of my flights recognized the device and had no issues with us using them.
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There is a little icon like a speaker. hit that and it gives you voice directions. you can adjust the voice level and mute it easily. Very nice gps