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Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices
Twenty Thousand Hertz
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Karen Jacobson was the Australian English voice for millions of GPS units. If you had a GPS unit in your car in the 2005 to 2010 range, there's a good chance you might have heard Karen's voice. Some may remember this infamous phrase that triggered when you took a wrong turn. In 2010, country singer Frank Zaruba even wrote a song about it. It is still just so wild to think that my speaking voice is considered a companion for some people and the voice of frustration for others.
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