RE: How do they record the actors for voice response systems

["Downing, David" <david -dot- downing -at- fiserv -dot- com>]

Yes, I remember the correct time number -- TI6 - 1212. I discovered
awhile back that both this service and the weather forecast have been
discontinued.

David Downing
Senior Technical Writer
Credit Union Solutions
Fiserv
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Neilson [mailto:neilson -at- windstream -dot- net] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:24 AM
To: Downing, David
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: How do they record the actors for voice response systems

Downing, David wrote:
> How do they go about recording the raw material for those snippets...

It goes back before the digital age. The phone company (AT&T?) long ago 
began providing a number you could call to learn the time of day. They 
had someone, I seem to remember that it was a lady from Georgia, who had

a knack for recording all the right pieces that could be put together as

spliced recording tape.

Here's an article that gives a hint of the old technology:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/29/business/fi-lazarus29
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