Text to speech means that your GPS actually tells you the name of the street name you’re turning on. Instead of just saying: “Turn here,” the GPS voice will say “Turn on Brown Street.” You can see how helpful this is. If you’re looking for a certain address, it’s really nice to know when you get to the street you’re looking for so you can start looking at address numbers.

Although a lot of folks still think “text to speech” is the thing to look for in a GPS, it’s really pretty much standard equipment nowadays. Of all the GPS systems sold on Amazon, for instance, there are only two that don’t have Garmin GPS text to speech capability.

So, do you want text to speech when you buy a Garmin GPS? Of course you do. But there are other features you want to be on the lookout for, too, such as traffic capability, multiple destinations, and Bluetooth. Although you want your Garmin GPS to have text to speech, a few more features are not going to cost you a lot more money.

To help you out, though, I thought I would list the top selling Garmin GPS text to speech units on Amazon.com. These closely correspond with Garmin’s overall bestsellers because in the United States, Garmin has most of the market.

Here’s the list:

1. Garmin nuvi 285W
2. Garmin nuvi 260W
3. Garmin nuvi 765/765T
4. Garmin nuvi 265W/265WT
5. Garmin nuvi 255W

The “W” means widescreen, which is another feature that’s almost becoming “de rigueur” for car GPS devices. The “T” means it has real time traffic capability.

Want to know more about each of these Garmin GPS text to speech units? Just click here to be taken to a page for each specific product.