Kjellquist Blog

I know, it’s a little late to come up with XMAS gift suggestions. But it is THAT time of the year and I couldn’t resist this one. Are you tired of those standard navigation voices telling you “In, 1 mile, turn right on…..” ya I know already. Well, if you haven’t already splurged for Mister T telling you to “Turn right, fool!” (Yes you can get Mister T on your Tom Tom etc). Here (Dutch) it is, your own voice on your navigator. For $10, you upload phrases in your voice and in return you are sent a coded file for your navigator.

Now, whenever your significant other gets into the car they can hear your melodious voice announcing the directions or……. if they beat you to it, you hear your resident backseat driver.

As of yet there hasn’t been any published research into resulting road rage violence or divorce figures.

I have long held strong views on “talking” technology. In general, my rule is “I talk to human beings not machines”. I have kinda given up on GPS navigation talking to me because it makes sense with your hands fully occupied while driving. However given this latest development I’ll have to give it some second thoughts.