Re: NSW DVA

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

The new voice in suburban stations is Taylor Owynns, 36 yr old actor from
Waverley.


"Robert Parnell" <rparnell@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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
> >
> >
>
>