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New Toyota minivan lets parents use built-in microphone to scream at unruly kids in back seats
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| Jul 18, 2014
| Tom Krisher,
Posted on 07/19/2014 2:42:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The latest version of the companys Sienna minivan has a feature called Driver Easy Speak. It uses a built-in microphone to amplify a parents voice through speakers in the back seats.
Toyota says it added Easy Speak so parents dont have to shout to passengers in the back. But chances are many parents will yell into the microphone anyway.
And the feature only works one way, so the kids cant talk back. At least not with amplified voices.
The feature is an option on the 2015 Sienna, which is being refreshed with a totally new interior. It also has an optional pull-down conversation mirror that lets drivers check on kids without turning around.
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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: automakers; parenting; toyota
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To: moovova
It makes my head spin how fast they grew up. One moment they’re in an incubator, next he’s brown Brad Pitt ignoring the cougar that just threw herself at him at Fry’s...LOL!
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posted on
07/19/2014 3:46:26 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: BenLurkin
My parents would just threaten to pull over.
No microphone needed.
To: gaijin
In fact what you posted is a popular aftermarket option in South Africa.
To: gaijin
From South Africa, in response to criminals approaching their cars...
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posted on
07/19/2014 5:20:02 PM PDT
by
Does so
("Miranda Warnings" and loss of "Common-Law Marriage" = 2 Big Mistakes...)
To: BenLurkin
There was station in the Boston area (in the 60s-70s) that had dreadful Irish music.
I’d put it on really loud and open the car windows. The kids,especially the adolescents, would be humiliated when we stopped at a light.
Shut them right up-—and we’re Irish.
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posted on
07/19/2014 5:24:30 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: moovova
I would have used the Lassie trick, as in “Jimmy is stuck in the Well”, right where we put him.
In my day, I love saying that, “the hand of fate” would appear from the front seat without warning.
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posted on
07/19/2014 5:28:20 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses...)
To: Kickass Conservative
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posted on
07/19/2014 5:28:46 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses...)
To: BenLurkin
toyota easy scream.
well most parents don’t do corporal punishment anymore, it’s all that’s left.
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posted on
07/19/2014 5:54:21 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: gaijin
south africa got that one right.
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posted on
07/19/2014 5:55:07 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
start talking about training bras and boobies coming in. that’ll put em in a coma.
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posted on
07/19/2014 5:56:46 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Caipirabob
stun guns are anywhere from 50,000 volts to a million volts, just very low current. few seconds could buy several minutes of nap time.
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posted on
07/19/2014 5:58:14 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Mount one of these babies to the dash and wire it in with a pa switch to the speakers in the back and you are ready to do karaoke to the kids when they get out of line.
I'd start singing the Love Boat song (LOL!).
Love, exciting and new Come Aboard. We're expecting you. Love, life's sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats back to you.
Love Boat soon will be making another run The Love Boat promises something for everyone Set a course for adventure, Your mind on a new romance.
Love won't hurt anymore It's an open smile on a friendly shore. It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! Welcome aboard, it's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
Theme song.
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:38:20 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Mears
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posted on
07/19/2014 7:39:02 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: ozarkgirl; cripplecreek
What the van needs is a noise cancellation system for any row behind the driver ,, same as we have in our headphones.
To: cripplecreek
,
a quick spike of the brakes got everybody's attention.Including the jerk following too closely behind.
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posted on
07/19/2014 11:21:20 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
To: BenLurkin
Toyota says it added Easy Speak so parents dont have to shout to passengers in the back. But chances are many parents will yell into the microphone anyway.Oh no - misbehaving kids might be yelled at and have it sound loud to them. This has got to be stopped.....
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posted on
07/20/2014 3:25:14 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: Secret Agent Man
Sorry if my information is innacurate - I took my numbers based on how some of the products I've bought were defined:
Stun Guns advertised at millions of volts
But I am by no means any authority on it. I'd be willing to believe that the numbers are hyped or legally contrived and like you said, low current. If these numbers are accurate, and I'll be darned if I test any of them on myself (lol), maybe they are worth a look. Cheers...
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posted on
07/20/2014 6:13:38 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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