Joanna Lumley Tomtom Voice App

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I have quite a few loaded into my satnav. Everything from Kim Catrall to John Cleese, Homer Simpson to Marilyn Monroe, as well as Ozzy Osbourne, Darth Vader, Yoda, and Austin Powers. They all grate after a while.except for Joanna Lumley.who guides me every day. Cleese, Joanna Lumley, Kim Cattrall, Sno op Dogg and Jedi Master. 10 Snoop Dogg Character voice and popular TomTom download. 11 Knight Rider KITT Heavily synthesised character voice. While the normal voices are better, the special one are just bad pitched variations and neither sound good nor funny. This is the list of available voices for tomtom and I would buy EVERY one and then donate more money to the company because at last I have something that lets me forget about the disturbing lack of flying cars in 2010 while driving because now my car is already awesome. Joanna Lumley voice. Celebrity voices for TomTom GPS SatNav devices.

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Sat Nav - alternative 'voices' - any experience?

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Mel B

Hi
I've seen adverts for alternative voices for the sat nav systems (such as Ozzie Osbourn etc). Has anyone bought any of these and are they any good, ie better than the original ones? Or are they just good for a laugh for a while and really a waste of money?

martin

Yes they are!

Mel B

Martin
Which bit are you answering please?!

paul d

I would think that after a few 'goes' you would get bored of the novelty of a 'celebrity' voice. They come with clear voices which is surely the point of the things, as you should not look at the screen when travelling. Any voice which adds comments and remarks could I think potentially be dangerous.

martin

Mel
Whichever - but the final point mainly

Will Redfearn

The best voice would be Joanna Lumley the worst a contest between Vicky Pollard and Profeesor Stanley Unwin!

martin

Yes to both: gimmick and waste of money.
A lot of skill and research goes into voice selection and the specific instructions.
You have to have a certain tonal value to cut through the 'noise floor' or engine/road noise, so you need a clean crisp delivery and clear enunciation – so that let’s ‘ozzy’ out I guess! Most of us are Fiat based and lack the legendary hush of the Rolls Royce.
Many of these are 'sound alikes' for pretty obvious reasons, and there’s nothing worse than a Ringer that’s not quite dead!

Gordon

If your satnav is a TomTom variant then this site might be of interest.
www.tomtomsatnav.info
There are a number of free voices to try as an alternative to the TomTom supplied ones
I use Liz from Radio Aire

Mel E

When I finally switched from AOL I had to reluctantly give up the voice of Joanna Lumley telling me I had mail.
If you can get her voice, download now, I'd say!

trevorf

Don't bother paying for them, they are available for free. Try www.tomtomsatnav.info
Trevor

fjmike

I can recommend the Liz Whitaker voice from the site that both Gordon and Trevorf recomended. Most of the celeb. ones that I have heard are rather poor and would soon loose their novelty value. Liz's voice is clear and a lot more

Joanna Lumley Tomtom Voice