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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic is about listening to a {{w|podcast}} while driving with GPS navigation using {{w|speech synthesis}} for {{w|turn-by-turn navigation|turn-by-turn driving instructions}}. {{w|In-car entertainment|Car entertainment systems}} and {{w|Satellite navigation|SatNav}}-enabling devices (if connected to the car's audio feed) typically allow the SatNav to interrupt whatever else is being played, so that directions can be heard clearly. It's usually easy for the driver to recognise such instructions due to the sudden change in characteristics of the voice and the switch in contextual flow. However, if the synthetic voice is similar to the speech that was playing, it may be hard to distinguish between the two, especially if the navigation instructions seem to coincide with the interrupted speech. In cases like this, the listener might think that the driving instructions are part of their podcast.
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{{incomplete|Created by a GPS VOICE SYNTHESIZER - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
  
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[[Cueball]] is interviewing [[Ponytail]] for the podcast, and she tells a story about a woman who betrayed her. Just when she is about to tell what the betraying woman said to her before she left with the money, which might have revealed if it had been planned in advance, the GPS instructions interrupts and delivers a driving instruction blocking out the last part of a sentence.
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This comic is about listening to a podcast or other speech while driving with GPS navigation. It is typical for car audio systems and navigation apps to be designed to allow voice navigation instructions to "cut in" over whatever else the driver is listening to so that they can be heard clearly. Usually, it is easy for the driver to recognise this even if they are listening to spoken material (rather than music), due to the sudden change in the tone or sound of the voice.
  
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The comic suggests [[Randall]] misinterpreted those driving instructions as part of the story being told in the podcast because the GPS voice sounds similar to Ponytail's voice. The comic illustrates the instructions as if they were part of the story from the podcast.
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However, if the voice used by the navigation app is similar to the voice that is speaking in whatever the driver was listening to previously, it can be hard to distinguish between the two, especially if the timing of the navigation instruction happens to coincide with a logical break in a sentence that is being spoken. In cases like this, the listener may at first not realise that the navigation app has interrupted the other audio, and think that the instruction is part of the material that they are listening to (especially if they are not paying close attention to the words spoken and are only listening out for a change in the tone of voice, as is sometimes typical when engaged in another activity such as driving).
  
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The title text suggests this confusion worsened after Randall's navigation instructions voice got stuck emulating {{w|Phoebe Judge}}, known for the {{w|Criminal (podcast)|''Criminal''}} and {{w|This Is Love (podcast)|''This Is Love''}} podcasts, implying he often listens to her.
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In the comic, it is suggested that the narrator has misinterpreted the voice prompt of their navigation app as part of the story being told in the podcast due to the voices supposedly sounding similar, and the comic illustrates this confusion by showing the story as if this line was intended to be part of the story being told. However, due to the somewhat mysterious nature of the story being told and the cryptic nature of the character being described, it is possible that the character did in fact say the line as indicated and the "navigation instruction" was actually part of the podcast, leading to an extra layer of confusion if the driver interprets it as an actual instruction. The point here being that due to the similar voices and the nature of the story, it is ambiguous whether or not the line is part of the podcast or if it is an interruption from the navigation app that happened to coincide with a logical pause in the sentence.
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The title text references {{w|Phoebe Judge}} known for {{w|Criminal (podcast)}} and {{w|This Is Love (podcast)}} implying Randall listens to one or both.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Cueball and Ponytail are facing each other from opposite sides of a table. They are sitting in office chairs and are both wearing headsets. They are speaking into microphones standing on the table in front of them.]
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{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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:Cueball: ...And that's when you knew she had betrayed you?
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:Ponytail: Yeah.
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[First panel, Cueball and Ponytail recording a conversational podcast at a table.]
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:Ponytail: She picked up the money and walked out.
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Cueball: ...And that's when you knew she had betrayed you?"
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Ponytail: Yeah, she picked up the money and walked out."
  
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:[Close-up of Ponytail with the headset on seen from the waist up.]
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[Second panel, zoomed in on Ponytail]
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:Ponytail: To this day, I don't know if she planned it all.
 
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:Ponytail: But there was one moment that makes me think, maybe she did.
 
  
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:[A frame-less section for Ponytail's voice-over is placed above the next panel. The panel, which is thus half the normal height, is mainly black with a white door opening from which white light is shining on to the floor. A silhouette of a Megan-like woman stands in the doorway, holding a bag in one hand. Ponytail tells what she said and that part is written in white on the black part above the woman.]
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Ponytail: To this day, I don't know if she planned it all.
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:Ponytail (voice-over): Just before she disappeared, she paused at the door, looked back at me, and said,
 
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:Ponytail (voice-over for the woman): Hey - if I ever see you again,
 
  
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:[Close-up of the woman with the bag in silhouette in the white doorway. (Note that from the context of the caption it becomes clear that this was actually said by the GPS navigation system, but at this point of reading, it is taken as Ponytail's voice-over.)]
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Ponytail: But there was one moment that makes me think, maybe she did.
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:Ponytail (voice-over for the woman): Turn left at the next light.
 
  
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:[Caption below the panels:]
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[Third panel, a silhouette in a doorway]
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:It's so disorienting when a podcaster has a voice that's similar to my navigation app.
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Ponytail (as voiceover) Just before she disappeared, she paused at the door, looked back at me, and said,
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Silhouette (as diagetic speech): Hey - if I ever see you again,
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[Fourth panel, zoomed in version of third panel]
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Silhouette: Turn left at the next light
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[Caption below the panels:]
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It's so disorienting when a podcaster has a voice that's similar to my navigation app.
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
 
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[[Category:Comics with inverted brightness]]
 
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[[Category:Maps]]
 

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