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TOM CRUISE - the Kindle 2 voice?
Could it be true? Not that it really matters, but someone claims that Amazon hired Tom Cruise as the voice for the Kindle 2's controversial text-to-speech feature.
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02-20-2009, 03:47 PM | #2 |
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You really think this guy needs the money desperate to do TTS voice over recording?
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That would be beyond creepy.
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02-20-2009, 03:56 PM | #5 |
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If it really was Tom Cruise, that would be a good reason to cancel all orders for the K2 and demand brand new K1s.
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02-20-2009, 04:12 PM | #7 |
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I believe engadget used his picture in reference to the voice/software/technology being called Tom. Not that it is actually his voice or that he has any affiliation with it.
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Tom Cruise can read?
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The aliens read for him. They enter his body and use his voice box to do the reading. Aliens are the reason that Tom had a tantrum when that guy shot him with a squirt gun. As everyone knows, the aliens are severly allergic to water, and the host body (Tom) being shot with the squirt gun put them in serious jeapordy for thier lives. |
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Just think of all the fun we can have with paranoid conspiracy theories!
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02-20-2009, 05:33 PM | #15 |
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Conspiracy? What conspiracy? It's a well-known fact that Scientology has infiltrated our Kindles and is now brainwashing us through flickering E Ink screens.
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