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Recalculating: The surprising lives of GPS voices

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Google's Google Maps

As Google Maps spread across the country, more and more people started latching onto this voice. By 2016, Yarek had started to capitalize on the attention. He was gaining followers on Facebook and started his own voice acting company. This persona even came with a catchphrase. It's Polish, it's Kirushenapoldnye, which means head south.

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