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Don't waste you money or time. So I suggest that you look elsewhere for translation help. You never know when one of Garmin's less than helpful updates will cripple it. This is such a great idea, unfortunately it doesn't work. Rats. After the last update (by Garmin) to the operating system of my nuvi 770 the Language Guide lost much of its functionality. Or at least not for me. To add insult to injury, Garmin, who knows about the error, seems very uninterested in fixing the bug.
It was an inconvenience. For voice prompts to happen I had to revert to an earlier operating system. Also there were not any operating instructions with the guide. This itemsis great for practicing the inflection and vocabulary of the languages. It's only difficulty lies in the fact that one cannot use the current operating system of the Garmin 750.
The problem with the Garmin Language Guide is the listing of words was extremely limited and the phrases are not ones we found any use for. Perhaps if we were in a more rural area where fewer people understood English this tool would have been more useful. We purchased this product with hopes that it would help us on our trip to Paris. I realized that my two years of very rusty high school French from 30 years ago and the ability of most everyone in Paris to speak at least a limited amount of English more than adequate for us to maneuver this large European city. After the first few attempts of trying to obtain some utility out of the Language Guide we never used it again. The product was easily installed and intuitive. We familiarized ourselves with it before our trip and felt comfortable with its use and functionality.
Inserted the chip into a Nuvi 660 and nothing happened. Not wanting to use up cell phone minutes, I hung up.
Will revert to my Franklin Spanish/English translator. Then I returned the product for a refund.
Garmin language guide was a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. Tried calling and the recording said there was a 32 minute wait.
Although not a particularly sophisticated device, it does work. It comes with zero installation instructions.
Technical support email link does not work.
This is especially significant because languages like French and Especially German are often so grammatically different and because of that the English translations are often confusing. There are many interactive translators on the market but unfortunately, because of the memory required; they're all computer based. Of what good is a translator when you can't understand the response; i.e the fact that the Nuvi translates your questions into a European language (in this case German) is of little use when the respondent answers in German. What's needed is a reverse translator that allows the native speaker to either select an appropriate response or type it in (assuming they have the patience to do so and do not misspell words).
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