Carputer (Car Computer) through Linux?

[Rodney Mitchell]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 16:55 +0930, David Wolverton wrote:
> David Wolverton wrote:
> > > Any assistance/positive suggestions greatly appreciated,
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > DFW
> 
> Spyro Polymiadis responded: 
> > Hi David -
> > 
> > A 2 second google brought me to these links...
> 
> I found those (and similar) links prior to posting my help request onto
> LinuxSA - though it took me a LOT longer than 2 seconds... :-)
> 
> The reason I still posted my request for assistance on to LinuxSA was
> because none of the links you've suggested/provided (or that I
> independently found in the 2ish hours I spent of googling prior to
> posting) met my criteria of being able to have audible turn-by-turn
> voice-instructions when using GPS navigation.
> 
> Voice instructions are something all the M$ Distro's have - and in
> considering my requirements in a CarPuter, turn-by-turn voice

Hey Davo,

check out "festival" ! Not sure if it exists in all *UNIX distros but it
is with Fedora, great speech synthesiser program. 

M$ in da car? Farq! Avoid if possible Man!!!   ;)

./Rod