Next Stop Announcments

[Ingleboro261F]

Can't wait until the 4 eventually gets announcements 

[mesub]

Someone in my discord server has sent a video of new bus announcements for the route 997 (Walsall)
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) It appears the voice has changed to TTS

Can someone let me know if this change is a new thing or just temporarily until the person that normally does it records new ones for Walsall.

That's a real shame but I guess if every route must have announcements, it will be costly (both in terms of time and money) to hire the voice actor (I think her name is Elinor?) to record them.

[Stu]

That's a real shame but I guess if every route must have announcements, it will be costly (both in terms of time and money) to hire the voice actor (I think her name is Elinor?) to record them.

The system that Diamond Bus will be utilising sounds to me to be far more efficient.

https://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?msg=332695

Our Buses are planned to have Nextstop installed in line with government deadlines.  I am not sure what technology NX use.  We will use the

Ticketer/ Omni/McKenna installation which is automatically generated from the schedules file. 

I believe this is a same as TfGM and is more a computer generated voice.

So from the sounds of things, if ever there is a route change, or stops change names, then as long as the schedules file is correct, then the stop announcements will update automatically.

[MasterPlan]

With regards to the Gov deadline for announcements, what about those buses where the NSA don't appear to work anymore?

Also, I am assuming the X21/X22 NSA will be fixed soon then?

[BusDriverBosh]

That's a real shame but I guess if every route must have announcements, it will be costly (both in terms of time and money) to hire the voice actor (I think her name is Elinor?) to record them.

The announcements are done externally by a company I believe 

[BBS]

Apart from the 5 which always has had them!

Rare nowadays, almost all the 67** announcments don't work or audible isn't working

[BBS]

Walsalls 77 route has got NSA now, wonder when it's AGs turn 

[Jack]

Walsalls 77 route has got NSA now, wonder when it's AGs turn

Be patient and then all of AG's routes will have them.

They've only just done Walsall's, well the ones that had working announcements anyway!

[BBS]

Be patient and then all of AG's routes will have them.

They've only just done Walsall's, well the ones that had working announcements anyway!

Most of them seem to not even work let alone show a route on there 

[Simon Dunn]

The system that Diamond Bus will be utilising sounds to me to be far more efficient.

https://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?msg=332695
So from the sounds of things, if ever there is a route change, or stops change names, then as long as the schedules file is correct, then the stop announcements will update automatically.

That is the idea.

[TGZac]

Looking at the the 'Oddities' thread there appears to be a lot of cases of either NSa screens or audio not working on certain buses. What often causes this? (The only NSA issues I've observed were 6948 having no audio on the X1 in February 2023 and 6815's screen going on and off on the X3 in November 2023.)

[Stu]

Looking at the the 'Oddities' thread there appears to be a lot of cases of either NSa screens or audio not working on certain buses. What often causes this? (The only NSA issues I've observed were 6948 having no audio on the X1 in February 2023 and 6815's screen going on and off on the X3 in November 2023.)

In most cases, I suspect it is because the bus is being used on a route for which there are no announcements programmed.

Other causes will of course be equipment malfunction/failure, or loose/failed wiring.

[Tony]

In most cases, I suspect it is because the bus is being used on a route for which there are no announcements programmed.

Other causes will of course be equipment malfunction/failure, or loose/failed wiring.

Not forgetting it needs good GPS to work

[MasterPlan]

I noticed on the 16 earlier today that it now says the next stop twice before getting to the stop (after leaving previous stop and when approaching the nedy stop) and then again as it stops. Not sure if that is an intentional change or an error.

[MasterPlan]

I noticed on the 16 earlier today that it now says the next stop twice before getting to the stop (after leaving previous stop and when approaching the nedy stop) and then again as it stops. Not sure if that is an intentional change or an error.

Okay seems like it may not be an error as its the same on the X21 & 74.

Gotta say it feels like overkill to me. I could understand if you had a route where stops were far apart but most routes aren't like that.