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The Red Arrow team leader did that when trialling out a scania I6S (Turns out he voiced the automated systems too.) https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Z02u6NUEd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== One thing you can hold up signs as well.
It's like with Transdev's considering you have many different stuff plugged in, like countdown, which can either be done manually or triggered by the ticketer machine automatically.
They have worked most of the time, although hanover is probably better considering it's more widespread. I'm honestly surprised Trent didn't decide to go with a Mobitec system on the ones fitted with that as it would've only required rewiring in the dests and adding a new screen.
Yeah transdev are excellent at the announcement systems, they even did commentary on the 840 through goathland. The mobitec displays even do a countdown when at a timing point early
Trent is very good at it, with their Aesys system and Hanover. You even get a different voice depending on which depot runs the route. (All drivers) Two of the voices I actually met in person. (James who does Derby Buses, and Michael who does Skylink)
Something I have found, Jill Myers, the voice of Stagecoach buses in South Yorkshire and Derby actually talks about using a human voice over an ai, and mentions it is less time consuming as pronouncing things correctly only requires asking locals, rather than having to phonetically spell it and...
SCEM used to do it but is going as announcements are now live in Gainsborough. Lincoln is probably next going to replace it with the gps kit going live soon
SCEM do say public house on the 53 and 56. Some still use the old elevenlabs program.
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For me, I would record my own as tts companies have had controversial past. Even Amazon Polly (basically what happened was, I have heard voiceover Geraint pickard, who was used in training the Welsh...
Trent and Nottingham city transport have real voices doing theirs.
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I find Nottingham city transport’s quite unique considering they have their announcements come off the ticket machine system rather than the display system
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