Re: NSW DVA

["Robert Parnell" <rparnell@netspace.net.au>]

The Blue Mountains "Long-Line PA System" (Lapstone to Bell) uses the voice
of Kaylie Harris from 2WS. This system was installed around 1996 but many
problems with it saw limited use. (controlled from Springwood, Katoomba and
Valley Heights City Rail office). I'm not sure who the new voice on the DVAs
around Sydney is.
A lot of effort went into the LLPA system, and had great potential to be an
excellent system. The sound quality is by far the best I have heard on any
system. Careful attention was paid to volume levels, and when a sentence is
strung together, it doesn't just choose the single word from a list, it
chooses the most appropriate recording of that word. The aim was to get a
smooth flowing sentence. Eg. the word "train" when used at the start, middle
or end of a sentence would sound odd if only one recording was made.
Therefore, 3 recordings with different inflexions have been made for most
words, so that the correct version of each word is used according to where
it is used in a sentence.
--
Robert Parnell
Rail Access/Argus Telecommunications Technician,
Electronics Enthusiast,
Lachlan Valley Railway Director <www.ozemail.com.au/~lvrcowra>
NSW HO scale railway modeller
ICQ #82004509
E-mail:<rparnell@netspace.net.au>

Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
HHRo5.283915$t91.2970987@news4.giganews.com">news:HHRo5.283915$t91.2970987@news4.giganews.com...
> Heard at Glenbrook this afternoon was a female DVA, and it did not sound
> like the new one they are installing around the City - not sure, but the
> voice sounds different.
>
> Anyway, the announcement was "The next train to depart from Platform 2
goes
> to Lithgow. First stop Blaxland, then..............., Mt. Victoria, Bell
and
> Lithgow. This train is running 2 minutes late. CityRail apologises for the
> delay and regrets any inconvenience caused."
>
> Apologising for a 2 minute delay?
>
> Dave
>
>