New Garmin feature: Record your own voice for GPS navigation!

[Kaido]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/garmins-ces-lineup-leaked-golf-cars-and-do-it-yourself-navig/

Hey Quasmo...:awe:

 

[Miramonti]

People have done this for a while with hacks on gps' that run the windows ce platform. Kinda cool to have it as a feature, altho I'd much rather listen to a sultry female british voice than my own (muchless the wife's voice telling me where to go ever turn. )

 

[bignateyk]

haha, that would be the worst thing ever to have your wifes voice on it telling you where to turn.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

haha, that would be the worst thing ever to have your wifes voice on it telling you where to turn.

shhh dont give them ideas

 

[spidey07]

People have done this for a while with hacks on gps' that run the windows ce platform. Kinda cool to have it as a feature, altho I'd much rather listen to a sultry female british voice than my own (muchless the wife's voice telling me where to go ever turn. )

Ugg. Thanks for noting the terrible downside to this.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Best prank ever:
Get your friend one of these.
Record someone saying "left" and set it for right.
Record same person saying "right" and set it for left.

 

[RedRooster]

K, I'm dumb. Is this software compatible with older devices(I have a 205), or only from the stuff they release from here on out?

 

[Modelworks]

They also have a snoop dogg GPS that says the directions in his voice with comments !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgjy-k5mOqA

 

[her209]

I want the female voice from the GTA IV game.

 

[KeithTalent]

My voice sucks, I would never do this.

I wish I could get celebrity voices for my GPS. I'd get Stephen Wright or Gilbert Gotfried going on mine. That would be so awesome and make every drive much more enjoyable. :awe:

KT

 

[Modelworks]

My voice sucks, I would never do this.

I wish I could get celebrity voices for my GPS. I'd get Stephen Wright or Gilbert Gotfried going on mine. That would be so awesome and make every drive much more enjoyable. :awe:

KT

I want Christopher Walken on mine !

 

[SunnyD]

My voice sucks, I would never do this.

I wish I could get celebrity voices for my GPS. I'd get Stephen Wright or Gilbert Gotfried going on mine. That would be so awesome and make every drive much more enjoyable. :awe:

KT

Best. Idea. EVAR.

/me goes into business mode to contact celebrity agents!

 

[RedRooster]

How much would they charge for a 20 minute voice session? A thousand bucks? Money well spent, I say.

 

[Kaido]

My voice sucks, I would never do this.

I wish I could get celebrity voices for my GPS. I'd get Stephen Wright or Gilbert Gotfried going on mine. That would be so awesome and make every drive much more enjoyable. :awe:

KT

Dibs on the Optimus Prime voice from Transformers! haha

 

[BW86]

lol thats a cool idea

 

[anxi80]

My voice sucks, I would never do this.

I wish I could get celebrity voices for my GPS. I'd get Stephen Wright or Gilbert Gotfried going on mine. That would be so awesome and make every drive much more enjoyable. :awe:

KT

id let a relative/friend borrow my car for a long trip, set the voice to 'bobcat goldthwait' and laugh as i watch them pull away.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Prank idea #2:
Set all the sounds for people screaming, horns honking, and sirens.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

I've thought for years that they should have celebrity voices. Mr. T would be awesome. Turn Right Fool!

 

[Quasmo]

In a world... where you turn left.

 

[SunnyD]

William Shatner doing Kirk.

"Turn... left! In.......... one...HUNDRED... yards!"

Of course you'll have missed your turn during the dramatic pause...

 

[F1N3ST]

William Shatner doing Kirk.

"Turn... left! In.......... one...HUNDRED... yards!"

Of course you'll have missed your turn during the dramatic pause...

and how do I get the smilie with cool eyes and stuff? I feel so freaking left out, that smilie wins.

 

[Megadeth]

I've thought for years that they should have celebrity voices. Mr. T would be awesome. Turn Right Fool!

Already been done! My father in-law bought the Mr. T voice for his TomTom.
http://www.navtones.com/products/tomtom

It is hilarious, but it can get old fast.

 

[KeithTalent]

William Shatner doing Kirk.

"Turn... left! In.......... one...HUNDRED... yards!"

Of course you'll have missed your turn during the dramatic pause...

Haha, I laughed out loud. :awe:

KT