With Own Voice for Ovi Maps your wife can tell you where to go

Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 by Matthew Miller

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With Own Voice for Ovi Maps your wife can tell you where to go Is your wife jealous that you listen to a strange woman’s voice on your Nokia smartphone telling you where to turn, but you refuse to listen to anything she has to say? Now, thanks to the new Nokia Own Voice for Ovi Maps you can have your wife record her voice 53 times to generate a new voice pack for Ovi Maps navigation. The great thing is that all the recording occurs right on your device too with the free application from Nokia.

I doubt I would ever record my own voice and then want to listen to myself guide me when I drive, but you could have fun with this and record your kids voices or maybe your mother. Nokia is also allowing you to share your Own Voice pack with others via Facebook and Twitter so I am sure you will be able to find a voice you like to listen too. Maybe we will get some celebrities or other stars to record an Own Voice pack. There have been 10 million downloads of Ovi Maps so there should soon be a ton of voices to choose from and I think this is a great option provided by Nokia, don’t you? Whose voice do you plan to use for your navigation?

matt
May 4, 2010

Wow! Ok. This is seriously cool. You can browse other packs and hear a preview of each one before you download. There is even a rating system so you can give it a thumbs up or down to let others know your opinion. The ability to customize your own GPS is seriously cool. Does this exist somewhere else? I am not sure. I’d like to think Nokia is the first to bring it to the table, but who knows…?