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Watch Geico’s Brilliantly Lazy Text-to-Speech Ad

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Remember XtraNormal, the text-to-speech video website that brought us, among other clips, the glorious, profanity-laden HTC Evo vs iPhone 4 video? American car insurance company Geico used it to create their latest TV spot. Is it brilliant, lazy or both?