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Rob Hague

• April 19, 2021 18:45

The beeper is new at Kazoo2 - a good thing, but why are verbal directions only over BT?
Why not look-like-a-car-satnav, talk-like-a-car-satnav and save me having to find a suitable headset?
(This has been a frustration on other brands - at least I don't need the additional BT sender any more - one reason for coming to Kazoo)

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  Rob Hague

  • April 20, 2021 07:33
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  Why the down votes to a simple question? Seems a rather miserable and unwelcoming response to an accessability question.

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  Victor Perez

  • April 20, 2021 08:49

  The device has no speaker only a beeper, this will not work.Buy a smart helmet for example Senna R1 or use a headset.

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  Rob Hague

  • April 20, 2021 10:53
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  Yes Victor, I understand the Karoo to Karoo2 upgrade added the beeper - and it is only a beeper.
  I was interested to learn why, with everything else going Alexa/Siri/Google Voice everywhere, and with talking satnavs being commonplace, and with the software apparently already being in the Karoo to give voice-over-BT, and the RideWithGPS App offering voice navigation, why just the beeper given Hammerhead are pushing the envelope elsewhere.
  
  Personally on a head down, bum up speed run I'd appreciate a shout for 'left in 200metres' rather than a beep instructing me to read the screen for further info.

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  zero71

  • April 22, 2021 11:58

  I imagine it would need a good sized speaker and a decent amplifier to have audio loud enough to be heard on a bike at a decent speed. Which would have battery implications. Nice to have, for sure. 

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  Rob Hague

  • April 22, 2021 12:07
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  Agreed, additional hardware in the Karoo that perhaps not every user wants.
  However they're not huge - my mobile phone can be a speakerphone or play notifications and RideWithGPS turn-by-turn loud enough to be useful. I'd just rather have Karoo than a mobile phone on my bars.

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