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London PA Voice Emma Clarke F ired for Slamming Tube
On Nov 28, 1:37 am, Barry Salter wrote:
Boltar wrote: What I don't understand is why companies bother using recordings when speech synthesizers cost buttons, are about the size of one and can say anything you want - you don't have to pay some actor to record new phrases if things change , you just type it in. Even in the 70s Texas Instruments could do a 1 chip version and they sound a lot better these days. Because 99% of the time speech synthesisers are utter crap. Take the one at King's Cross St. Pancras for example, which used to announce a Good service on the Pick-addle-y Line when first installed. (Though that's now been fixed). The main problems being either mispronunciation or a complete lack of inflection where you'd normally expect it. At least where there's a (human) automated announcer it generally sounds more "natural"...Though you can't beat a *properly trained* "live" announcer. A bizarre thing I heard on Southern recently was an obviously synthesised voice saying "London Underground have informed me ...". |
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