TG SatNav Voices

[Mike Bull]

Having just gotten a Tomtom One SatNav, I couldn't help but think how great it would be to have the three TG guys as the voice on there, bickering as they directed you! James could say 'Oh cock' every time you went wrong, stuff like that.

Obviously they couldn't really do this as they are BBC guys and it would be supporting one product and all that, but it's a fun idea anyway!

[upyourego]

Is there an open platform for creating Tom Tom voices? Can you add your own or do you have to have TomTom approved ones?

If you can add your own it might be possible to create something with some clever editing of audio from the past 11 series of Top Gear + the three presenters own shows.

Or you could suggest it to BBC Worldwide/Top Gear - they seem to be looking for any excuse to make a bit of extra cash

[upyourego]

I've looked into it and actually it would be fairly straight forward (although time consuming) to create a TG TomTom voice BUT it would also be pretty legally dubious as 1) the team own the copyright to their own voices, 2) the BBC owns the copyright to Top Gear and 3) it's something the BBC could make money from if they did it themselves and the fact that they haven't probably means that at least one of the three doesn't want to.

[Mayhem]

Originally Posted by Mike Bull

Having just gotten a Tomtom One SatNav, I couldn't help but think how great it would be to have the three TG guys as the voice on there, bickering as they directed you! James could say 'Oh cock' every time you went wrong, stuff like that.

What a brilliant idea!!! Someone please suggest this to the TG guys!

[Blayde]

Originally Posted by upyourego

I've looked into it and actually it would be fairly straight forward (although time consuming) to create a TG TomTom voice BUT it would also be pretty legally dubious as 1) the team own the copyright to their own voices, 2) the BBC owns the copyright to Top Gear and 3) it's something the BBC could make money from if they did it themselves and the fact that they haven't probably means that at least one of the three doesn't want to.

Well you could do it for personal use, and cripes that would be good fun

[leviathan]

Entering the highway, Jeremy's voice: "Powerrrrrr!" One could actually use his voice from the episode with the blind man driving round the track.

Great idea actually, i have a TomTom myself, that would really be some fun.

[Blayde]

If there's a speed camera audio response, replace with 'I am a driving GOD' Also, don't let James any where near the location or instructions, you will always end up somewhere else...

[Frederic]

Great idea!
I tried once putting my own voice on a TomTom and it went perfect!

These are the pieces you must find (last word is how you say it in dutch, but just look at the filename)

100.wav 100
200.wav 200
2ndLeft.wav Neem de 2e afslag links
2ndRight.wav Neem de 2e afslag rechts
300.wav 300
3rdLeft.wav Neem de 3e afslag links
3rdRight.wav Neem de 3e afslag rechts
400.wav 400
50.wav 50
500.wav 500
600.wav 600
700.wav 700
80.wav 80
800.wav 800
After.wav Na
AhExit.wav Neem verderop de afslag
AhExitLeft.wav Neem verderop de afslag naar links
AhExitRight.wav Neem verderop de afslag naar rechts
AhFerry.wav Neem verderop de veerpont
AhKeepLeft.wav Verderop links aanhouden
AhKeepRight.wav verderop rechts aanhouden
AhRightTurn.wav ga verderop rechts
AhLeftTurn.wav ga verderop links
AhUTurn.wav Probeer verderop om te draaien
Arrive.wav U bent gearriveerd
BearLeft.wav Links met de bocht mee
BearRight.wav Rechts met de bocht mee
CongestionCharge.wav Congestion Charge (extra heffing binnenstad Londen)
Depart.wav Vertrek
KeepLeft.wav links aanhouden
KeepRight.wav rechts aanhouden
LnLeft.wav Blijf links aanhouden
LnRight.wav Blijf rechts aanhouden
Meters.wav Meter
MwEnter.wav Ga de snelweg op
MwExit.wav Neem de afslag
MwExitLeft.wav Neem de afslag links
MwExitRight.wav Neem de afslag rechts
RbBack.wav Neem de rotonde helemaal rond
RbCross.wav Rechtdoor op de rotonde
RbExit1.wav 1e afslag
RbExit2.wav 2e afslag
RbExit3.wav 3e afslag
RbExit4.wav 4e afslag
RbExit5.wav 5e afslag
RbExit6.wav 6e afslag
RbLeft.wav Ga links op de rotonde
RbRight.wav Ga rechts op de rotonde
RoadEnd.wav Aan het einde van de weg
SharpLeft.wav Scherpe bocht naar links
SharpRight.wav Scherpe bocht naar rechts
Straight.wav Ga rechtdoor
TakeFerry.wav Neem de veerboot
Then.wav Daarna
TryUTurn.wav Probeer om te draaien
TurnLeft.wav Links afslaan
TurnRight.wav Rechts afslaan
UTurn.wav Probeer om te draaien
Yards.wav Yards

[Blayde]

CongestionCharge.wav Congestion Charge

I can certainly think of a few rants about that one

SharpLeft.wav Scherpe bocht naar links
SharpRight.wav Scherpe bocht naar rechts

those you would find on the track tests of some of the supercars

[upyourego]

Well if somebody wants to do it it's pretty simple - there are 56 audio clips needed for the full TomTom set and they need to be encoded as Ogg Vorbis and then converted into the relevant TomTom file formats.

http://tomtom.graemelucas.co.uk/tomtomstep1.htm

[airmenair]

I have a Garmin, any suggestions on how to do it on one of those?

[smib]

Originally Posted by airmenair

I have a Garmin, any suggestions on how to do it on one of those?

I do to, and if it can't be done on mine,I might have to buy a TomTom.

[Frederic]

# '50.ogg' => '50'
# '80.ogg' => '80'
# '100.ogg' => '100'
# '200.ogg' => '200'
# '300.ogg' => '300'
# '400.ogg' => '400'
# '500.ogg' => '500'
# '600.ogg' => '600'
# '700.ogg' => '700'
# '800.ogg' => '800'

Will be quite hard to find, the rest seems ok
This would be soooo cool if we can makes this work..

[Labcoatguy]

Originally Posted by Frederic

Will be quite hard to find, the rest seems ok

Actually, just look for any segment when they quote the price of a car, whether during the news or within a review. You should be able to capture a snippet, though with the possibility of some background noise.

[Tha Bulldog]

Here's the translation for every TomTom segment. Maybe we can split them up so one person finds the first five etc?

Filename: Dutch: English:

100.wav 100
200.wav 200
2ndLeft.wav Neem de 2e afslag links Go left at the second exit
2ndRight.wav Neem de 2e afslag rechts Go right at the second exit
300.wav 300
3rdLeft.wav Neem de 3e afslag links Go left at the third exit
3rdRight.wav Neem de 3e afslag rechts Go right at the third exit
400.wav 400
50.wav 50
500.wav 500
600.wav 600
700.wav 700
80.wav 80
800.wav 800
After.wav Na After
AhExit.wav Neem verderop de afslag In a few moments, take the exit
AhExitLeft.wav Neem verderop de afslag naar links In a few moments, take the exit to the left
AhExitRight.wav Neem verderop de afslag naar rechts In a few moments, take the exit to the right
AhFerry.wav Neem verderop de veerpont In a few moments, please take the ferry
AhKeepLeft.wav Verderop links aanhouden Stay at the left side of the road
AhKeepRight.wav verderop rechts aanhouden Stay at the right side of the road
AhRightTurn.wav ga verderop rechts In a few moments, turn right
AhLeftTurn.wav ga verderop links In a few moments, turn left
AhUTurn.wav Probeer verderop om te draaien Oh cock, you've gone the wrong way. Please try to turn around.
Arrive.wav U bent gearriveerd You have reached your destination
BearLeft.wav Links met de bocht mee Follow the curve to the left
BearRight.wav Rechts met de bocht mee Follow the curve to the right
CongestionCharge.wav Congestion Charge
Depart.wav Vertrek Depart
KeepLeft.wav links aanhouden Keep left
KeepRight.wav rechts aanhouden Keep right
LnLeft.wav Blijf links aanhouden Stay left
LnRight.wav Blijf rechts aanhouden Stay right
Meters.wav Meter Meter
MwEnter.wav Ga de snelweg op Join the motorway
MwExit.wav Neem de afslag Take the exit
MwExitLeft.wav Neem de afslag links Take the exit on the left
MwExitRight.wav Neem de afslag rechts Take the exit on the right
RbBack.wav Neem de rotonde helemaal rond Turn around at the roundabout
RbCross.wav Rechtdoor op de rotonde Cross the roundabout
RbExit1.wav 1e afslag first exit
RbExit2.wav 2e afslag second exit
RbExit3.wav 3e afslag third exit
RbExit4.wav 4e afslag fourth exit
RbExit5.wav 5e afslag fifth exit
RbExit6.wav 6e afslag sixth exit
RbLeft.wav Ga links op de rotonde Turn left at the roundabout
RbRight.wav Ga rechts op de rotonde Turn right at the roundabout
RoadEnd.wav Aan het einde van de weg At the end of the road
SharpLeft.wav Scherpe bocht naar links Sharp turn left
SharpRight.wav Scherpe bocht naar rechts Sharp turn right
Straight.wav Ga rechtdoor Go straight on
TakeFerry.wav Neem de veerboot Take the ferry
Then.wav Daarna then
TryUTurn.wav Probeer om te draaien Try to turn around
TurnLeft.wav Links afslaan Turn left
TurnRight.wav Rechts afslaan Turn right
UTurn.wav Probeer om te draaien Try to make a U-turn
Yards.wav Yards

Forgive me for my bad english, but now you know what you need to look out for.

[upyourego]

OK in for a penny and all that - I'm up for creating a few of these. We would need a central place to store the audio files though if a lot of different people are going to be doing parts.

[smib]

Maybe make a google pages for it? You get 100MB of storage, I assume that'll be enough.

EDIT: I've made a google page.
go to pages.google.com and enter following email:
tgsatnav
Password:
finalnav

Security question answer is:
lies

The upload area is to the right. If this turns out to not be good enough then no big deal. The e-mail account tied to this page is tgsatnav@gmail.com, where we can all post up stuff in google documents, such as a list of who's doing what. I'm at work now so this is all I can do for a while. Hope this is helpful.

[upyourego]

One line Ogg files are gonna be about 50-100k each at most so yeah that would do the job - as long as it isn't against their terms and conditions.

If you're going to record any audio make sure you set the project rate to 22,050Hz and record in mono.

[airmenair]

Any word on modifying the Garmin?

[smib]

Looks like it's doable.