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Darren
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 Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:47 am Post subject: TomTom sign-up Billy Connolly to give you direction |
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 TomTom have signed Billy Connolly to provide recorded voice guidance instructions on your TomTom satnav.
Adding to a long least of real celeb voices including Snopp Dog, John Cleese and Homer Simpson, the voice is a novelty item and costs £8.99 to download.
Although his natural style has been toned down for the family friendly satnav, he'll still have a go if you don't follow his navigation instructions. "Make a U turn. None of this would have been necessary had you been listening a minute ago", or "U turn ahead. I'll be here when you get back".
Billy Connolly can be downloaded from today for £8.99. Visit www.tomtom.com/billyconnolly to hear samples of the voice.
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Darren
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:51 am Post subject: |
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I'm a BC fan and I'll admit I didn't expect great things of this given he can't swear but the samples suggest it might actually be quite fun for a short while!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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| No swearing, no dirty bits... without them it's not the genuine Big Yin. |
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Privateer
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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The trouble with all celebrity voices is that you lose the TTS facility.
Now if you could get Billy Connolly as a TTS voice then that might be worthwhile!
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Not my favourite performer. Irritates me that he has to crease up at his own joke before telling the rest of us. Celebrity TTS is a very good idea though. |
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john877
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| I am sure Billy Connolly will enjoy getting the sassenachs lost because of Tomtom Mapping errors |
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Darren
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Celebrity TTS is a long way off, it's a computerised voice after all rather than a real person.
As these are surely only novelty items I guess it doesn't make a great deal of difference though, some people prefer not to use TTS, some people don't have TTS as an option either.
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£8.99 is taking the Michael a bit isn't it????
That's at least 8 cans of Special Brew 
Or 1/3 the price of the full UK & Ireland copilot 8................... |
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