A little over a year ago, we told you about a licensing deal that brought familiar Star Wars voices like Darth Vader and Yoda to TomTom voice-navigation. Now, however, it appears that Darth Vader has become a double-agent, because he's now on Garmin, too.
A little over a year ago, we told you about a licensing deal that brought familiar Star Wars voices like Darth Vader and Yoda to TomTom voice-navigation. Now, however, it appears that Darth Vader. Watch the Official Star Wars Darth Vader GPS voice working on a Garmin GPS navigation system.For the latest news and info, visit SpoutItOut.com to download D. Use Garmin Express to update maps and software, sync with Garmin Connect™ and register your device. This desktop software notifies you when updates are available and helps you install them. DOWNLOAD FOR WINDOWS DOWNLOAD FOR MAC. The official Star Wars voices for Garmin personal navigation devices (PNDs) may not help users fight their way through the galaxy. Those in need of guidance from Darth Vader can download the.
Everyone's second-favorite man in black (after Johnny Cash, of course), is available for Garmin navigation systems as a premium voice and graphics bundle for $12.99. The voice alone is great, but the thing that makes this a must-have feature for Garmin users is the graphics portion of the download, which transforms your midsize sedan or SUV into a TIE fighter. (Check the graphic above for verification of awesomeness.)
No word yet on whether Garmin might roll out other voices from the Star Wars lineup. Darth Vader is great, but if Garmin really wants to distinguish itself from the competition, maybe it should offer some less-appreciated characters -- say, Jabba the Hut or R2D2? Or cut straight to the chase and bring out Johnny Cash himself.
Here's a quick demo of the feature in action -- though sadly, the TIE fighter icon isn't present in this version. Still, the voice actor is pretty good, no?
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Garminers,
Just recently I discovered this great voice utility: Voice Utility. It allows you to create and edit your own, personalized non-TTS voice for Garmin. VPM files are in the /Garmin/Voice/ folder (GPS or SD cars).
This is what I do to create my own Garmin voice files:
1. Find on your GPS and copy to your computer a non-TTS voice (VPM file)
2. Backup your old voice file before you make any changes to it. Save it to some safe place.
3- Start VoiceEditor and select a VPM file name
4- Select Split to extract the VPM file content into separate WAV files
5- Use Microsoft's Sound Recorder, Audacity or any other WAV editor to preview/record/edit exported WAV files
6- Select Join to merge the WAV files back into a Garmin VPM formated voice file
7- Copy your new non-TTS VPM voice file to your GPS (backup your old voice file first)
Nuvi 2xx users can create WAV voice files with tts software
This is an excellent way to create your own voice alerts. Choose your voice (American/English; Male/Female), type what you want, and click download. A WAV file is created with your alert.
It's fun to have my kid's voice telling me: 'Turn left Mum... Now! NOW! NOW!!!'