blog<\/a>\u00a0that they now have official Lucasfilm-approved premium voice downloads for Darth Vader and Yoda. This follows their recent additions of Spongebob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer. It looks like having goofy custom voices isn’t beneath Garmin after all.<\/p>\nAfter listening to the demonstration for Yoda’s audio, I must admit the prompts and intonation are top notch. They did a good job making it sound like the Jedi master is speaking to you conversationally rather than a series of repetitive recordings. He even adds in the occasional “Yes…Yes” and “Your destiny, it is”, which really appeals to the geek in me.<\/p>\n
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But let’s be honest, Yoda’s cryptic speaking style that reeks of poor\u00a0grammar\u00a0and confusing\u00a0placement of subjects\/verbs might sound epic on screen, but actually makes it rather difficult to follow for directions. I don’t know about anyone else, but I think listening to this would be infuriatingly frustrating while lost.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I wonder what those Tom Tom haters would say to all this now. On second thought, they’re probably all using their phones as navigation devices these days anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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