GPS, Mr. T wants you to use GPS "navtones," fool
posted November 15th 2005 11:00PM
Forget about that generic voice that came with your
GPS. If you want your directions to be delivered with attitude, why not have Mr.
T show you the way? Or, for that "Easy Rider" experience, let Dennis Hopper rev you up. The two are just some of the
celebrities whose voices are being digitized as downloadable "navtones" for use with GPS systems. Developer Wanderlust
Media is a little vague on which GPS systems support the custom voices, requesting that potential customers help out by
"clicking your navigation manufacturer and sending them a quick note as to why your system deserves special attention."
We'll hold off on an endorsement until we find out more — though we do think we might actually get lost a little less
often with Mr. T shouting at us to "pay attention to what I'm saying! You gonna get the directions … you gonna be there
safely, or else!"
TomTom has downloadable voices right now. I think John Cleese is one of the voices.
I want Christopher Walken when I go on late night drives, just to test my creeped out tolerance.
what about KIT from Knight Rider
I PITY THE FOOL WHO MISS DAT LEFT TURN!
That's it, I'm getting a TomTom!
Yakov Smirnoff.
"Turn right at fork in road. In Soviet Russia, road forks you!"
There are torrents with 29 different voices for Tom Tom including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Blair, Knight Rider, HRH The Queen, R2D2, Arnold Swarzenegger, Ozzy Osbourne (Bleeped)
and Ozzy Osbourne (Swearing).
Jeff, that was my very first thought. Mr. T, that's amusing but would you actually use it? I wouldn't. But KIT...yeah...that's good stuff.
Only problem with the Mr T one is that you can't program in an airport as a destination "I ain't getting on no plane fool!".
Ozzy?! Oh my god, I now have a reason to get this GPS crap.
I can see it now
"Turn to the motherf***ing left man! No! F***ing English Roses, I meant the bloody far left."
"Take the coming exit man, what the f*** was that man?? That's a f***ing pit stop, Oh Jesus, I need a drink."
What?...Can I do the Church car pool?
Why...Yes, I believe I can.
This isn't anything new though - our version of Tom Tom comes with voices options of John Cleese and Jack Davenport.
The Dennis Hopper version doesn't let you drive below 50mph...
'I pity the fool that don't turn right'
Mr T in my sat nav, what an Idea, if my GPS doesn't support custom voices, I'm so off to buy one that does!
The OJ Simpson version doesn't let you drive over 30 mph
Boden, and the Keanu Reeves SPEED version dosnt let you drive under 50!
Mr. T eh? I cant wait to hear " Cut the Jibba Jabba and take the next exit" followed by
"You missed the exit fool".
Remember not to use the Mr T voices if your going to the airport "I ain't gettin on no plane foo'"
right on, #3. If I could have KITT's voice, I could at last fulfill a childhood dream... at 32.
Mr. T was once clocked at 100 fps. That's 100 fools pitied a second.
Mr. T's autobiography, "So Many Fools, Not Enough Pity," was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for its heartwarming and inspiring tales of Mr. T overcoming his fear of flying, and his battle with gold-addiction--as well the sweet tutorial on how to install machine-gun turrets on top of a GMC van using a welding torch, a 55-gallon drum, chicken wire, and skim milk.
23. That's the number of people Mr. T has pitied in the time it has taken you to read this sentence.
http://www.4q.cc/t/index.php?topthirty =)
Preform a LEGAL U-turn, sucka!
How awesome would a Samuel L. Jackson navigation system be?
What about "Obnoxious Nagging Wife" voice?
"You know, honey, you can let me drive. What? You missed our exit? But the kids need to go to the bathroom! Jesus, now we'll never make it to my mother's on time!
Man, that'll be a lot of $800 TomToms being sold, if the voices are that good.
I always knew those "soundboards" of celebrities would turn into something profitable for someone.
Quit your gibba jabba....Mr. T's autobiography is called "Mr. T: The Man with the Gold", Fool.