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Old August 6th 03, 10:03 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Jubilee line announcer

Boltar wrote:
Bart wrote in message
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Emma Clarke is the new voice of the Underground.

The Summer edition of "tube" states she's the voice of the
Bakerloo &
Victoria lines - soon to be heard on the Central, Circle,
Hammersmith & City lines and parts of the District line.

Regards,
Bart


Why the hell don't they just use a speech synthesiser?? WHy
bother having all
this pre-recorded rubbish that costs a fortune and has to
be re-recorded
if they need a new announcement? If a synthesiser is good
enough for Stephen
Hawking to give lectures about quantum physics and
cosmology at Cambridge I'm
damn sure its good enough for announcements in a tube train!

B2003


Because if they did, people like you would complain about "these damned
synthesised voices, why can't they emply a person to do the job".

I.e. what ever they do they're wrong.