Listen To Tomtom Voices

Here's a fun way to liven up your in-car GPS

The standard GPS is boring.

It lacks imagination and we know it’s not a fan of great adventure, the way it always tries to recalculate us back en route whenever we veer off the highway in search of the scenic view.

But driving becomes more exciting when a GPS is personalized to the motorist’s liking. In search of this excitement, companies are providing alternative voices and destination guides that can be installed right onto your existing GPS.

Case in point: Locutio Voice Technologies. Star Wars geeks may be able to tell the difference between an A-wing and a B-wing starfighter, have their boss’s ringtone set to The Imperial March, and even proudly use a picture of their Lego Millennium Falcon as their desktop wallpaper, but these die-hards probably shouldn’t be considered true Star Wars fans until they own the Yoda Premium GPS voice. Garmin has apparently become aware of reports regarding motorists swearing at the standard Garmin voice (the cool, unemotional woman with the slight British accent does come off as a bit of a know-it-all) and is providing alternative options for GPS users. LucasFilms, Locutio Voice Technologies, and Spot It Out (a Location Based Publisher) have come together to provide Garmin with Star Wars voices for their personal navigation devices.

Who could get irritated when Yoda is directing your navigation? With his calm demeanor and intimate understanding of the force, there is surely no one more qualified to get you where you need to go. “Right you should turn,” espouses a typical direction from the Jedia Master. “Then sharp left … control, control, if a Jedi, you wish to be.”

Those who wish to tap into their darker side might opt for the Darth Vader sound-alike, which includes a variety of catch phrases and sound effects, including Vader’s heavy helmet breathing, TIE fighters on the wing, and the whooshing of lightsabers. Darth Vader will ominously warn you about forthcoming traffic with sage quips such as “Traffic ahead. The Emperor has foreseen it.

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The TomTom ONE XL-S is the high end of TomTom’s ONE line of basicportable gps navigators. It adds text-to-speech functionality to the ONE XL’s gorgeous widescreen, 4.3-inch display, expanded traffic options that include GPRS- and optional RDS-TMC radio-based real-time traffic information. The TomTom ONE XL is a complete portable GPS vehicle navigation device with an incredible range of features. But it’s not just the broad geographical coverage that makes the TomTom ONE XL-S special. The user-friendly design also puts it a step above other navigation systems. The crystal-clear multicolor display makes for exceptionally easy viewing of maps, routes, driving directions, and other traveling information, such as mileage and distance. Measuring 4.3 inches, the TFT display offers an expanded widescreen view of brilliant two- and three-dimensional graphics.

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