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›› OBAMA: Drive 2.6 miles, then keep right.
›› So, this my Barack Obama GPS.
Essentially what I did was take the British English voice off and completely replace it with clips from Barack Obama's audiobooks
Dreams from my Father and The Audacity of Hope.
So now I have a functional GPS unit that now speaks with the voice of Barack Obama,
and it was a lot easier to do than I thought it would be because he says almost every number necessary in his books.
There are only a few that I actually had to create in a sound-editing program to get this to work.
And I think the results are pretty good, so what I'm gonna do is just show you some clips of the GPS in action.
It's not one of the text-to-speech ones; I do not have the skills to do that.
This GPS is an older one. It's a StreetPilot c510.
It was one of the ones that was sold in Europe, but Woot! had it available for really cheap with American maps so I picked one up.
›› OBAMA: In .2 miles, keep right.
OBAMA: Keep right.
OBAMA: Drive .9 miles to destination on the right.
›› It's a little bit choppy-sounding, but I'm satisfied with the quality overall.
I think this is about as good as I could probably get Barack Obama to sound on my GPS without his direct cooperation recording all the numbers and everything.
›› OBAMA: Arriving at destination on the right.
›› Here we are at CVS. Alright, you can turn the camera off now.
›› OBAMA: Drive 1.8 miles then take ramp right.
›› Alright, you got it, Barack.
I hope he doesn't mind if we leave this way.
›› OBAMA: You ain't my ***, ***! Buy your own damn fries!
›› I may or may not have-- ›› OBAMA: Drive .1 miles, then turn sharply right. ›› Oh, that's the first time he said sharply! I'm so excited.
Aw, ***, I went the wrong way. Well, for Barack, at least.
So, I may or may not have replaced his "recalculating" with something a little less default.
Especially since Barack never says "recalculating."
[pop cans clanging]
I think the pop cans rolling around adds charm to my car.
›› OBAMA: In .2 miles, take ramp right.
OBAMA: Take ramp right.
OBAMA: Drive 2.9 miles then exit right.
›› You should see eventually-- ›› OBAMA: In .7 miles, exit right. ›› Thank you, Barack.
›› OBAMA: Exit right.
OBAMA: Continue 6.3 miles.
OBAMA: In .4 miles, keep left.
OBAMA: Keep left. ›› Thanks Barack.
›› OBAMA: In .2 miles, turn right.
OBAMA: Drive 1.2 miles then turn left.
OBAMA: In .2 miles, turn left.
OBAMA: Drive .2 miles then turn right.
OBAMA: Turn right.
OBAMA: Drive 1.2 miles then keep left.
›› Feels so weird to be offering, you know, original content to YouTube.
I feel like the first video I upload should be just stolen from about fifty different places.
Should be like, "BEST VIDEO EVAR."
Looks like we're almost where we need to be, so I hope you've enjoyed watching as much as I have surprising my friends with my GPS voice.
›› OBAMA: In .2 miles, keep left then arrive at destination.