02-23-2012, 11:48 AM | #1 |
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Is anyone else annoyed that the Voice for the News is a German person who can not speak correct English! I have never heard some many words spoken so badly with such poor enunciation . In age of voice technology BMW should be able fix this.
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02-24-2012, 10:10 PM | #5 | |
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Clearly u do not have this feature because it is not about being a woman but someone who can speak clear English and since most every word spoken is wrong. FYI the car is made in South Caroline and US market it the largest market for BMW. |
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02-24-2012, 11:49 PM | #7 |
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Not to be a jackass, but the above post isn't exactly Shakespeare....
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02-25-2012, 10:20 AM | #10 |
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For the Dutch language the voice of the woman also has a strong accent. It is horrible and annoying. It's the same voice Audi uses (at least for the Dutch language).
I cannot understand why they don;t put a little bit more effort in making the voices better. Even more considering that BMW is a multi billion $ company. If I wanted cheap satnav I'd bought a cheap car. The voice control menu uses a different voice that speaks brilliant Dutch!
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02-26-2012, 11:38 AM | #14 | |
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I used the weather a few times when I forgot to check the iPhone before starting out. I also used Yelp a couple times and thought it was not bad, but not nearly as good as it could be. For $200 a year I just couldn't justify it. I can use 1/4 of that to try out new iPhone apps or feed subscriptions to things that are far more "convenient". BMW should ditch this satellite thing and focus on a more robust iPhone app that integrates with iDrive and make sure that it's upgradable a couple years back -- the iPhone should be doing the heavy lifting and iDrive is clearly already able to handle the graphics. I'd pay a reasonable amount for that app.
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