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Robin May · August 6th 03, 05:16 PM posted to uk.transport.london

(Boltar) wrote the following in:
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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!

Tube announcements have to be heard and understand by lots of people
with differing levels of English speaking ability and in different
levels of noise. Speech synthesisers could be harder to understand than
a good, clearly spoken announcement by a real person.

I personally have a condition that can cause me trouble hearing things
in loud situations (or even quiet ones) and I'm always well able to
hear the announcements on the tube, so I'm glad they've been done the
way they are.

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