Switch on your TomTom and connect it to the computer (USB cable)ģ. Save downloaded folder to your PC, for example in 'C:tomtomvoices’Ģ. You just need to copy downloaded voice files to your device.ġ. While we have reviewed the content to ensure it complies with our Terms and Conditions, From the Grapevine is not responsible for the accuracy of any of the information. The opinions expressed in blogs and reader comments are those of the writers and do not reflect the opinions of. … and the hopefully not misguided voice of Homer Simpson (let’s hope he didn’t just direct people to local donut shops). But two of its most popular voices were the laid-back directions provided by Snoop Dogg… Voice Skins worked to get both the 'Sesame Street’ and 'Star Wars’ voices into your GPS. Voice Skins is one of the companies that licenses voices for TomTom, Garmin and other GPS manufacturers. TomTom also used Bert and Ernie from 'Sesame Street’ for a recording session, with Ernie adorably annoying his roomie like he always does: Here’s one with Darth Vader, who wasn’t happy with the engineer’s instructions: TomTom has been using celebrity voices on their GPS devices for years, and the Dutch company makes funny 'behind the scenes’ videos of its recording sessions. If you’ve ever wanted your directions to be spoken with a Serbian accent, Vlade is your guy: Waze also hired Vlade Divac, former Los Angeles Lakers center and current Sacramento Kings general manager, to record directions. Speaking of enthusiasm, imagine having Kevin Hart yell directions at you.
The folks at Waze have done this before last year, they had Terry Crews of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ give enthusiastic directions.
The studio approved Schwarzenegger to perform as the Terminator for a promotion for the upcoming film 'Terminator Genisys.’ USA Today has video of the Governator’s recording session, where he utters phrases like 'I’m looking for Sarah Conner. The company, founded in Israel and owned by Google, partnered with Paramount Studios.
How to manually ad celebrity voices for waze drivers#
Waze, the GPS company that uses crowdsourcing to help drivers determine the best routes, recently employed Arnold Schwarzenegger to lend his voice to its smartphone app.
One idea is to use celebrity voices as a substitute for the usual haughty computer voice. Arnold Schwarzenegger provided his voice to the Waze GPS app, in character as the T-800 from ‘Terminator Genisys.’ (Photo: Paramount Pictures)Īs long as we’ve had computer-generated voices giving us directions, GPS manufacturers have tried to make its devices and smartphone apps more fun to use.
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