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PaulB2005
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 Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:28 am Post subject: Sat Nav to gain regional accents? |
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| Quote: | Drivers may soon find their satnav voice change accent as they move between different parts of the country.
Sorry, that's, "droivers miy soon foind thar setnev vices chainge exent as thu moove bitween diff'rent paaarts o' the cunchree, a'raight?"
Mio Navman is considering addings software that will change the dialect of the voice its satnavs give directions. This would make for a unique motoring experience filled with a huge range of dialects, colloquialisms and accents in a bid to keep you entertained on long journeys. |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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that'd seriously annoy me! it's not even realistic cos if you stop in birmingham and ask for directions you never hear a brummy accent, all you get is a cockney 'sorry gavna, i aint from raaaaand eeeya' 
seriously though, changing the voice as you drive? pah! no chance!!
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DennisN
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| MaFt wrote: | | seriously though, changing the voice as you drive? pah! no chance!! |
Come off it MaFt. I'll bet a fiver that "you" could do it for CamerAlert if you really wanted to.
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GerryC
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| MaFt wrote: | | that'd seriously annoy me! it's not even realistic cos if you stop in birmingham and ask for directions you never hear a brummy accent, |
You'll often hear a brummie accent in Brum. It's just that hardly anyone from outside the area knows what it sounds like and thinks everyone talks with a Black Country accent (which I suspect TomTom will prove). 
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MaFt
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| GerryC wrote: | | MaFt wrote: | | that'd seriously annoy me! it's not even realistic cos if you stop in birmingham and ask for directions you never hear a brummy accent, |
You'll often hear a brummie accent in Brum. It's just that hardly anyone from outside the area knows what it sounds like and thinks everyone talks with a Black Country accent (which I suspect TomTom will prove). |
yes, that's very true. I was talking to a band from Birmingham years ago and I mentioned about his (lack of) accent and he explained the areas and accents to me
but still, what i was getting at was that when you ask for directions you always end up asking someone who's visiting the town!
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Guivre46
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Gor blimey guvnor, dahn sarth, we'd call this bonkers [or bonkahs now] innit...
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BigPerk
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That's a great idea (  ) - instead of listening to a passer-by you can't understand, your satnav will give you incomprehensible instructions instead!
The last version of this idea I came across was an american linguist who thought it would be SUCH a whizz to have french accents when in France, german ones in Germany, etc "they pronounce the street names properly". Unfortunately I can't, neither can I understand them (I'm not a linguist, and I'm not american). I need to hear what I read to myself when I see a sign 
Hmm ... just wondering though if I could get DennisN from K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M on my Navigon?
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DennisN
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| BigPerk wrote: | | Hmm ... just wondering though if I could get DennisN from K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M on my Navigon? |
Some people would recommend against that - I tend to tell things several times, so by the time I had got past the first instruction and repeats thereof, you'd have missed the next two.
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Guivre46
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Unwanted repetitions of voice instructions? Obviously need a navcore update 
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