One of the greatest and perhaps most under-appreciated feature of stand-alone GPS devices from Garmin and TomTom is the ability to download and use custom voices. Who doesn’t want the A-Team‘s Mister T shouting as you drive, “I pity the fool who doesn’t turn right in point two miles?”
I don’t want to live in a world where such things aren’t possible. TomTom specifically, has brought some great voices to market over the past few years. Homer Simpson as an example. KITT from Knight Rider for another. Even David Hasselhoff has his own voice pack for GPS devices. And yet, something’s been conspicuously absent: Star Wars!
Finally, this deficiency has been resolved with TomTom’s first officially-licensed Star Wars voice download. First up? Vader. For $12.95 you can download the Darth Vader voice to your TomTom device and begin geeking out every time you get in your car. Some of Vader’s helpful lines for the directionally-challenged include:
“Depart. Your destiny lies with me. Obi Wan knew this to be true.”
“Turn around when possible. I find your lack of faith disturbing. Then, take the third left. Sense your way.”
“Left turn ahead. Then, go around the roundabout. The circle is now complete. Sith exit.”
Awesome. TomTom plans to release additional Star Wars-themed voice packs in the near future. C3P0, Yoda and Han Solo are coming soon and will probably be priced similarly. Hit the official TomTom Star Wars portal for some great free content for your GPS including Star Wars-themed start up screens, sounds and car icons.
In the meantime, check out a great video of Darth Vader recording some instructions after the jump. You won’t want to miss this!
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September 27, 2010 at 3:24 pmWow. TomTom plans to release additional Star Wars-themed voice packs in the near future.
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July 13, 2010 at 3:25 amCool, maybe I can use my own voice, or my girlfriends, great.
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May 22, 2010 at 11:44 amHow can we give this download to another as a gift? Thanks