RE: User-friendly documentation (was: "Button Gravity" and "WarningGravity")

[Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>]

  Yes, loud, automated destination announcements can be a great thing.

However, they are not without disconcerting aspects. The MBTA 
(Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) bought some new subway 
cars, oh, ten years ago, that were made in the mid-West. We all had to 
get used to the sound of some corn-fed Iowan announcing such places as 
"Harrrvarrd Squayerrr," and "Charrlestown" instead of "Hahvahd Squayah" 
and "Chahhlestown."

I'm sure more than a few people missed their stops, at least at first . 
. .


On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:26 AM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:


Of course, that voice was much clearer than the automated voice (or the
driver's tired voice in un-automated systems), that announced the next
stop.

Anyone on an unfamiliar bus, going to an unfamiliar destination was
doomed to hang about at the front of the bus, getting flack from driver
and other passengers for not clearing the aisle and for occupying the
"Pregnant women and old folks" seats, while desperately trying to see
through the dirty windshield and discern the street signs and
addresses... as they slid past in the murk.

Â- Kevin
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