[Cialug] direction service

[Jeff Davis]

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I also tested this over the weekend as well.
(I just wanted to see how well it worked, I didn't really need
directions.)

It successfully got my beginning location, but couldn't manage
to understand my destination.  Granted this was using a cell
phone while in a moving car, so there was road noise involved as well.   
After the 15th time and doing my best to enunciate Kanawha Iowa,
I gave up and hung up.  I had planned to try the same request later
from a
stationary location but forgot to do so.  (I wish I had a good way to
manage incoming information and to-do lists. </joke>)

- -Jeff


Nathan Stien wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2007 7:45 PM, Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com>
> wrote:
>> DIR-ECT-IONS, the popular free service for 'directions by phone
>> call, is now available nationwide to all cities in the
>> continental U.S. Anyone can get driving directions by calling
>> from their cell phone -- just dial the word D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-S
>> (347-328-4667) tell the voice-activated service a starting
>> address and destination address and instantly receive a text
>> message with Mapquest driving directions.
>
> This just proved useful to me out in the wild over the weekend.
> Thanks for posting this, Dave!
>
> Any idea how those guys make money?
>
> - Nathan _______________________________________________ Cialug
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