Re: Station announcements, Sydney

[hubert@softhome.net]

I caught a train from Strathfield last Saturday and that guy was there
(obviously from "ethnic backgrounds"!)

But the DVAs are pieced together so badly it makes it just as hard to
understand either the guy from the "ethnic background" or Grant Goldman!


> > Seriously, the cartridge system might have even been better to use than the
> DVA
> > PCs! Even they're prerecorded and can't be changed, you can make an
> announcement
> > yourself through the microphone.
>
> Exactly what SHOULD be avoided!  Last weekends trackwork was a prime example
> of how lazy station staff can be when it comes to using DVA.  The guy on
> platform 5/6 Strathfield had the strongest accent I have heard in a few
> years.	We had no idea what he was saying.  You know it's bad when he
cant
> pronounce Central :)
>
> > With DVA, it gives people the impression that these announcements are
> > automatic and why the hell are the 'automatic' announcements incorrect!
>
> True.  So many people think these are automatic and bag the DVA system.  Just
> look at the recent posts to this newsgroup.
>
> --
> Paul McCabe
>
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