voice navigation

Audio route guidance

Voice navigation is a system that provides spoken directions, typically for driving or walking routes.

A GPS device or smartphone app announces turns and distances aloud so you can follow without looking at a screen: Turn on voice navigation so I can keep my eyes on the road.

The term also applies to controlling devices through spoken commands rather than touch.

Related

Siri · Alexa · smart speaker · destination · rerouting · spoken · hands-free · driving · road trip · map · assistant · command · route · recalculating · guidance · audio · prompt · street

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Opposites
technology level

voice navigationpaper map

Printed geographic reference

road atlas · compass navigation · dead reckoning · celestial navigation · physical map

interactivity direction

voice navigationvoice commands

Spoken orders to technology

input/output modality

voice navigationmap reading

Interpreting geographic diagrams

heads-up display

Family

voice, navigation, voices, voiced, voicing, voiceless, vocal, vocalize, vocalise

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G