ALK Technologies LAPTOP 7 - Manual (Page 12)

What’s New in CoPilot
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Live | Laptop 7?
CoPilot Live | Laptop 7 is ALK Technologies’ latest version of our CoPilot ® software that
provides GPS in-vehicle navigation and route guidance from your laptop PC. New features
and enhancements we think you’ll like include:
-- Redesigned User Interface: The user interface has been overhauled to promote easier
access to CoPilot’s main features and to make getting directions even safer than it
already was.
-- New Text-to-Speech and Automatic Speech Recognition Engine: A new TTS and
voice recognition engine has been implemented to ensure compatibility with the latest
hardware and to enhance user experience with the latest in voice rechnology.
-- Live Messaging: Maintain two-way communication with a driver who’s using CoPilot
Live with text messages, tracking information and itinerary updates. Live features can
be used from any computer that can access the internet.
-- Customizable Navigation Display: Now you can customize your navigation screen
in Guidance Mode to display the current road, nearest city, upcoming crossroad, vehicle
speed, current time, elevation, and latitude/longitude. ETA, distance to next stop, and
next stop address are always displayed and continually updated as you drive.
-- Worldwide Data Regions: CoPilot street-level map data is now available for multiple
regions on the same computer. Available regions with street-level detail include:
- United States (with highways for Canada and Mexico)
- Canada
- Australia
- Europe (includes United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium,
Netherlands, Luxemburg, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden,
Finland, Norway, Spain, and Portugal)
-- Avoid/Favors: Now you can avoid or favor roads so that you’re driving the routes you
want to drive.
-- Waypoints: Use waypoints to customize your trip without affecting the calculations for
ETA and distance to your final destination.
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