Does your GPS voice have a name

[Talk Host]

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[Pturner]

With Garmin, we had a choice of setting voice as Jack or Jill. We chose the female. The name stuck. When she tells me to turn, I instinctively say, "Thank you, Jill." When she interrupts conversation needlessly, or she starts giving me directions I didn't ask for, I say, "hush, Jill".

Dunno why I talk to her, but I do. :mornincoffee:

[jmitchell]

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Our GPS allows for a variety of accents and we choose the British accent but for some reason I started calling her "Garminita" -- I guess I should change to a Spanish accent. :D

[bkcunningham1]

Our first GPS was a Mio. My husband jokingly, ahem, said he would not take directions from a woman and changed the voice to a British male.

I called him Jeeves. And, yes, P; I talked to him, praised him and reprimanded him when appropriate. I mean my husband and Jeeves.

[ajbrown]

"She" has had several names over the years. There is the name she gets when I am a bit lost in heavy traffic and she is saying "Turn around when possible" every 10 seconds!

Then there was that special name she had when she dropped me into some very seedy looking place late at night outside of Washington DC!

None of these names are appropriate for the lovely people on TOTV :)

[graciegirl]

Yes. Helene and I call her Hilda.

Sweetie calls her You're wrong Hilda.

[graciegirl]

I think it would be so much fun to have a gps that says...DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID?

or
YOU PAID OVER A HUNDRED BUCKS FOR MY DIRECTION AND YOU IGNORE IT?

or
THAT'S IT! FIND IT YOUSELF.

Then you could call it "Wifey".

[doubleujay1]

We leave our's muted. But we talk about it like there are people somewhere guiding us like in a room somewhere. Like, "where are they sending us now?"

[bkcunningham1]

We leave our's muted. But we talk about it like there are people somewhere guiding us like in a room somewhere. Like, "where are they sending us now?"

That is too funny.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y

[redwitch]

When he's not irritating me, he's Hunney. When I know where I'm going but need to make a stop he doesn't like, he's the Pain in the Neck. When he demands the impossible (like turning around in heavy traffic), he's Shut Up, Charlie!

[Pturner]

I talk to my dog and cat too, but at least they're human!

[BogeyBoy]

B*tchin Betty

Whenever I make a turn she doesn't like she starts to complain.

[happy employee]

My wife and I refer to our GPS voice as BIB. Short for B***h in the box.

[Xavier]

She's always been "Gertie" (and I love her dearly), but when she nags she has been called a witch or worse. My wife had to get over the jealousy thing when we first got her in 2003. Gertie would say "right" and my wife would say "left." Talk about being between a rock and a hard place!

I also dream of seeing if I could program in various other phrases like, "NOT here, dumb a**!", Hey Lard A** you missed the turn" and "Okay, find your own way home." Don't tell me there's not a market for this type of dialogue. You can send me a royalty if you decide to do it.

Xavier

[Jazzper]

Our Garmin -- Carmen.

[graciegirl]

She's always been "Gertie" (and I love her dearly), but when she nags she has been called a witch or worse. My wife had to get over the jealousy thing when we first got her in 2003. Gertie would say "right" and my wife would say "left." Talk about being between a rock and a hard place!

I also dream of seeing if I could program in various other phrases like, "NOT here, dumb a**!", Hey Lard A** you missed the turn" and "Okay, find your own way home." Don't tell me there's not a market for this type of dialogue. You can send me a royalty if you decide to do it.

Xavier

I thought of it first.:sad:

[chuckinca]

Ours has sort of a disgusted "re-calculating" comment when we don't follow her directions.


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[vj1213]

I named ours after my husband's ex wife....she gets really annoying at times especially if I know I am going right and she continually tells me to turn or to make a legal u-turn (I thought I was doing that the other day and I got a ticket and a warning for making an illegal u-turn)

[Pturner]

TH, you didn't tell us what you named yours...

[RichieLion]

My GPS is named Samantha; and I have to tell you, she is one pushy female. If I don't listen to her and she's says "recalculating" I can almost hear the distain in her voice. Then again, that makes her no different than most all the women in my life.

[bkcunningham1]

My stepdaughter had the Homer Simson voice on her TomTom GPS.

He"d say, "Whoa hooo. You have reached your destination. And you can hold your head up high because you are a genius!!"

He'd laugh and do that annoying Homer Simpson excited wwhooo hooo at the end of directions.

"Oh it's easy. Just put your hands on the wheel and yank." "Can I hear a thank you." He even did the "Duh."

She got sick of it after awhile and quit using the Homer voice. It was funny though.

"We might find an ice cream truck. Mmm."

[kfierle]

I call mine Lola because, according to Barry Manilow, she is a show girl. She always shows me where to go--better than telling me where to go! :eek:

[Pturner]

My GPS is named Samantha; and I have to tell you, she is one pushy female. If I don't listen to her and she's says "recalculating" I can almost hear the distain in her voice. Then again, that makes her no different than most all the women in my life.

Yeah, but look at it this way. At least she is willing to recalculate!

I rode in a friend's car once when her Tom Tom kept saying, "make a u-turn". "In 500 feet, make a u-turn." "Make a u-turn now." Angrier and angrier grew Tom Tom. When we arrived at our destination, Tom Tom was still furiously telling us to "make a u-turn NOW"!

[2newyorkers]

We call ours Miss Smarty Pants.

[logdog]

Our TomTom has a female British voice. We call her the British B**tch or just B**tch for short. It's not kind but she is so rude... always interrupting our conversations. And now she learned how to beep at me every time I speed a little on the interstate.

[Tweety Bird]

This is unbelievable..but my husband gets jealous of "Tom Tom". He always thinks he is MORE right then Tom Tom and we start arguing in the car as to WHO I should listen to. It's like two men having a competition with one another. I have had to keep the peace by shutting Tom Tom's voice off so that hubby does not get annoyed. I can only give secret glancing looks at the screen because of the competition. Why are men like this?

[Pturner]

It's surprising when you think about it that men even use GPS's. I thought they couldn't ask for directions.
:mornincoffee:

[bkcunningham1]

This is unbelievable..but my husband gets jealous of "Tom Tom". He always thinks he is MORE right then Tom Tom and we start arguing in the car as to WHO I should listen to. It's like two men having a competition with one another. I have had to keep the peace by shutting Tom Tom's voice off so that hubby does not get annoyed. I can only give secret glancing looks at the screen because of the competition. Why are men like this?

OMG, I have tears streaming down my face laughing at this. That is the funniest thing I've read on here in a long time.

[BogeyBoy]

It's surprising when you think about it that men even use GPS's. I thought they couldn't ask for directions.
:mornincoffee:

It's not asking for directions - it's another TOY!!!

[bkcunningham1]

It's surprising when you think about it that men even use GPS's. I thought they couldn't ask for directions.
:mornincoffee:

P, I swear I set the GPS for our destination and I either have to turn it off completely, mute it or change the route before we get to our location because my husband knows a better way than Jeeves. Then I have to reset it to help us find our way out of his shortcuts.

[SALYBOW]

WE NAMED OURS MOLLY AFFER OUR 5 YO GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS ALWAYS TELLING US WHERE TO GO, WHERE WE ARE, AND WHAT IS AROUND US. BUT MOLLY THE GDAUGHTER:icon_wink: IS RIGHT MORE OFTEN THAN MOLLY THE GPS.

[Tweety Bird]

P, I swear I set the GPS for our destination and I either have to turn it off completely, mute it or change the route before we get to our location because my husband knows a better way than Jeeves. Then I have to reset it to help us find our way out of his shortcuts.

Yes..isn't it amazing that we have to edit our GPS's to keep our men happy?

Ya know..another jealousy thing is..that I was looking for song lyrics for some possible kareoke songs. Wrote down all these mushy words in song titles and when hubby found them on this piece of paper, ..he thought I was having an affair. It was hysterical. Advice? Keep your lyrics hidden!!!!

[BeeGee]

We called our old Garmin "Brunhilda" - she was so bossy!!! Her tone when she said "recalculating" was so snippy!!! New GPS is named "GyPSy" and her tone is much nicer. But on our last trip, we kept stopping at gas stations and points of interests (a button must have been pressed by mistake that turned the voice off) she stopped talking all together. We were sure we made her mad and she just wasn't speaking to us anymore!!!

[10Bucks]

This is funny :laugh:

[K9-Lovers]

Once, we changed our female's voice so she spoke French. Now, instead of sounding bored and snippy when she is "recalculating" she sounds alluring and sexy. Ooh la la.

[K9-Lovers]

TH, you didn't tell us what you named yours...

Be careful, PTurner . . . you don't want this statement taken out of context. I'm surprised, you being in public relations and all. :girlneener:

[chrisg31]

Yes...we call her Agnes most times, but have sometimes called her Aggie when she starts to get on our nerves!

[bkcunningham1]

Welcome chrisg31! Glad to see you found your way to Talk of the Villages (TOTV) with or without Agnes.

[Pturner]

Be careful, PTurner . . . you don't want this statement taken out of context. I'm surprised, you being in public relations and all. :girlneener:

Hey, speaking of that song we were just speaking of, I got two things to say to you, K9:

1) what have you been smoking?
2) You're assuming guilt by Association. guilt by... association. get it. lalalalalala

:wave:

[Bill-n-Brillo]

But that's what's nice about having a GPS - it'll always correct your 'mistakes'!! :duck:

Ours is named Susan. I kinda like it when women tell me what to do............ :icon_wink:

Bill

[Deb L]

We actually named ours while on our Lifestyle visit to TV, February of last year. We were driving through the "Spanish side", north of 466. Hence, Rosalita.
Fun thread, can't believe this is my first post...been lurking too long.

[Pturner]

We actually named ours while on our Lifestyle visit to TV, February of last year. We were driving through the "Spanish side", north of 466. Hence, Rosalita.
Fun thread, can't believe this is my first post...been lurking too long.

Great first post! We love to hear about how people react to TV. Please keep posting. As you've no doubt discovered as a lurker, we have lots of fun and informative conversations.

[golfnut]

If you go to the Garmin website you can download up to a dozen different voices. Mine is Squirrely, instead of recalculating he says aw nuts, hold on I'll get us out of here. He also has at least a dozen other phrases he interjects at random times during a trip, it's pretty amusing and when we have new people in the car it's a great converstion piece....gn

[cynkr67]

That sounds great!! Gotta check that our. We call ours Sally (as in Mustang Sally...tho we don't drive a Mustang)! My husband loves arguing with her!!:smiley:

[Pturner]

If you go to the Garmin website you can download up to a dozen different voices. Mine is Squirrely, instead of recalculating he says aw nuts, hold on I'll get us out of here. He also has at least a dozen other phrases he interjects at random times during a trip, it's pretty amusing and when we have new people in the car it's a great converstion piece....gn

Thanks GN,
I have a Garmin and didn't know that. I'm gonna look for a new voice for her.

[pooh]

If you go to the Garmin website you can download up to a dozen different voices. Mine is Squirrely, instead of recalculating he says aw nuts, hold on I'll get us out of here. He also has at least a dozen other phrases he interjects at random times during a trip, it's pretty amusing and when we have new people in the car it's a great converstion piece....gn

I didn't know this. I'll have to visit the site and get a new voice because I call our female voice B**ch most of the time. Recalculate my butt!.....:D

Thanks for the info!

[cryfield]

The voice on our Garmin is Female and we know her as Amie! as in Aim me

[zcaveman]

I do not have a GPS nor do I plan on getting one. I still believe in maps and get my directions off of the internet.

I have also never ridden in a car that has a GPS. I guess that would be an experience. Along with seeing an ipod, iphone or Blackberry or whatever.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

I do not have a GPS nor do I plan on getting one. I still believe in maps and get my directions off of the internet.

I have also never ridden in a car that has a GPS. I guess that would be an experience. Along with seeing an ipod, iphone or Blackberry or whatever.
I was always a firm believer in the "I don't need no stinkin' GPS!" philosophy......til a friend offered me his since he was upgrading to a newer model. Price was right so I bit...............and now I'm hooked. With the p/t work I'm still doing, I'm always driving to fairly unfamiliar areas, looking for specific addresses. I used to travel with MapQuest printouts. Plugging the address into the GPS then hitting the road is a whole lot easier (for me) than working with the MapQuest pages. Kinda like having a cell phone with you when you really need to make a call - it's another "indispensible convenience".

Any GPS is far from perfect. It makes it nice when you're charting new territory, though. Plus it gives you someone else to holler at when you make a wrong turn!! But it does get a bit distracting while driving, what with fooling with my MP3 player, using the electric razor in the rearview mirror, trying to read the paper, drinking my coffee, texting my friends, eating a triple Whopper.......... :smiley:

Bill

[jblum8156]

My GPS doesn't have a name. She cannot pronounce "recalculate." She says something like 'recall kool ade' Makes me giggle every time.
But I do love my GPS. She doesn't recognize my home address (new section of TV) so I had to put in the mailbox as Home. But I've found if you just trust the GPS it will get you where you want to go, even if it seems to be taking a strange route to get there.

[Peggy D]

We downloaded Mr T on our Tom Tom.

Now we get "Ya' all goin' to the same place? This ain't no taxicab you know"

[Pturner]

I do not have a GPS nor do I plan on getting one. I still believe in maps and get my directions off of the internet.

I have also never ridden in a car that has a GPS. I guess that would be an experience. Along with seeing an ipod, iphone or Blackberry or whatever.


Why not? Even a Caveman can do it. :)

[bkcunningham1]

Why not? Even a Caveman can do it. :)

Now that was a good one P. :highfive:

[The Great Fumar]

Ok , I've got to tell this to someone , so here goes...........
My Garmin GPS has bluetooth capabilities , Meaning that on the screen is a little telephone Icon that you can push and talk hands free to all you friends.
Two weeks ago on the way down here I tried to get off the hwy to get a sandwich and the GPS just about went crazy yelling RECALCULATING, RECALCULATING to the point that I muted the voice so I could concentrate on making my turn ...........It was nice and peaceful for a few minutes until the phone rang , I pushed the button and said hello ,,,,,,,,,It yelled RECALCULATING , RECALCULATING , finally I through it in the Comode.......

No Uturn Fumar .........:blahblahblah::blahblahblah::blahblahblah :

[zcaveman]

Why not? Even a Caveman can do it. :)

Now wait a minute!!! I finally found a way to make the time on the VCR quit blinking!! I put a small strip of duct tape over it!

So us cavemen can figure things out!

[golfnut]

for those with a garmin i recommend you try squirlely, he is quite amusing...gn

[MartyRR]

I have changed the anoying "recalculating" to "Holy Cow, we missed our turn, we need to pay attention. I get lots of laughs with that when someone new is with me.

[MartyRR]

If you go to the Garmin website you can download up to a dozen different voices. Mine is Squirrely, instead of recalculating he says aw nuts, hold on I'll get us out of here. He also has at least a dozen other phrases he interjects at random times during a trip, it's pretty amusing and when we have new people in the car it's a great converstion piece....gn


Wish they would create those fun voices with Text to Speech.

[logdog]

If you have a TomTom, try loading up W (I kinda miss him). He says "You have reached your jusss..tifffa..kaction."