OT - petition for Mike Rowe's voice as a Siri alternative.

By: HokieDoug96
on October 15, 2020, 11:29 AM | 14 comments

Just came across this on Facebook so thought I'd share since I'm a big fan of Mike's. Does anybody know if these petitions get results?

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wasknick's picture wasknick | 5 years 8 months #

I saw this and thought it was cool but put it on something usable like Alexa or Google Assistant. Siri is useless.

I'm still holding out for glaDOS, though

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

HokieDoug96's picture HokieDoug96
| 5 years 8 months # ^

I was hoping for something more also. Someone mentioned possibly his voice for google maps (as a comment I don't remember if it was Facebook or the petition itself). Alexa is a good idea.

OHokie's picture OHokie | 5 years 8 months #

How about Fred Schneider's voice instead?

RealDiehl's picture RealDiehl | 5 years 8 months #

I vote Kevin Harlan

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AZHokie22's picture AZHokie22 | 5 years 8 months # ^

I love me some Kevin Harlan. Every now and again I set my ringtone to his "What did we just see!?" call of Nick Foles and the Philly Special

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| 5 years 8 months #

Obvious choice is Frank Beamer

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| 5 years 8 months # ^

Or, for entertainment value, could try Mark Richt or any of several ACC network broadcasters. I mean, make every question a challenge.

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VTCC-69's picture VTCC-69
| 5 years 8 months # ^

If his voice was being used for Google maps, it might take 5 minutes for Mark Richt * to get the sentence out and by that time you will have driven by the turn.

* All in jest, I happen to like him as a person.

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| 5 years 8 months #

Majel Barrett or what are we even doing?

And she's already done the process to make it work so that they could continue using her voice on the show after she passed.

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| 5 years 8 months #

Mike Rowe is just awesome. One of my nutty dreams from years ago was that my wife and I would someday give up the office work and get some job like cleaning stables at Skyland Resort in Shenandoah NP or working at a dogsled lodge kennel in Northern Minnesota or Alaska and get to be on Dirty Jobs. Can just hear him:

"A and B, you gave up their jobs at X and Y to shovel poo at Z. What were they thinking ..."

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KopHokie's picture KopHokie | 5 years 8 months #

If we're going the football route, I vote for Howard Schnellenberger

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| 5 years 8 months #

Gilbert Gottfried anyone?

coldblood4vt's picture coldblood4vt
| 5 years 8 months #

Could something like this be used as a fundraising opportunity for Tech? How hard would it be to sell Bill Roth as your navigation or digital assistant to Hokie fans?

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wasknick's picture wasknick | 5 years 8 months # ^

I'm thinking not as easy as you are thinking or there would be no shortage of celebrity voice choices.

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.