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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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In the days before satnavs, I used to use my Dictaphone (cue the inevitable jokes :))
I would simply record the route instructions, and play them back, hitting the pause button after each instruction until I needed the next one. For complex instructions I would record the same one two or three times so I didn't have to faff about rewinding to make sure I had got it.
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crikey John, great minds eh... Spooky I call it!
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In the days before satnavs, I used to use my Dictaphone (cue the inevitable jokes :))
I would simply record the route instructions, and play them back, hitting the pause button after each instruction until I needed the next one. For complex instructions I would record the same one two or three times so I didn't have to faff about rewinding to make sure I had got it. First one coming..... My mate used a dictaphone until he was arrested! 
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Jay, SteveT - thank you; that looks just the job! 
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My mate used a dictaphone until he was arrested! Interesting. I used to use a voice recorder when I worked - typically leaving a client and recording brief action points. Often wondered about the police's attitude. Glad I never found out. Not sure the practical of reading and trying to drive. A reasonable point, but drivers read all the time – satnavs, multi-function screens set in the dashboard, tiny buttons on radio/CD players. Not to mention the idiots who have maps draped over their steering wheels; and texting? Words fail me… At a glance tulip diagrams are meant to be just that – at a glance.
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I would have thought that someone would have developed software (app) which displays the instructions on a phone/tablet based on a gps signal.
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TYRE (Trace Your Route Everywhere) is probably the best in this regard I would say
Tim H.
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Garmin used to offer (still may do) a Heads Up Display (HUD) to project directions onto your windshield. Would certainly take the fun out of yelling the wife . . . "I can't hear you. What did you say??"
Cheers,
Mark
1934 SS MX4
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Bill Button (famed Mogger from America's Northwest) traveled with us on a road trip to Florida's Key West, and his navigator got furious with him for repetitively not following her instructions
. . . turned out he had his hearing aide turned off . . .
Cheers,
Mark
1934 SS MX4
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Is there not an App for this?  Bert
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