Next Stop Announcments

[Ingleboro261F]

Looks/sounds like the next stop announcements have been changed again.

Travelled on both E173 on the 8A, and 6943 on the 3 this evening.

The audio voice is now clearly computer generated, which is good as it means it should be easier to update stops when they get changed. But sounds less natural, though I suppose we'll all get used to it!

Added bonus is that there's no longer the 'double announcing' of stops.

On a side note, "8A to Inner Circle" doesn't quite sound correct really, and surely that could have been programmed just to say "8A Inner Circle".

Are you talking about the one that WMR use?

[Stu]

Are you talking about the one that WMR use?

I haven't mentioned WMR at all, I'm talking about NX Buses.

[Tony]

On a side note, "8A to Inner Circle" doesn't quite sound correct really, and surely that could have been programmed just to say "8A Inner Circle".

I brought that up when I was programming them before they went into service. Apparently it is quite difficult to change because "This is a ...... to" is the same file for all routes with the service number dropped in the gap

[Ingleboro261F]

I haven't mentioned WMR at all, I'm talking about NX Buses.

The announcements use the voice that Walsall use right?

[BBS]

The announcements use the voice that Walsall use right?

What's a Walsall use?

[Ingleboro261F]

What's a Walsall use?

The voice that is sometimes on Walsall routes.

[frostjay974]

He is on about the new, non elinor TTS voice.

[MasterPlan]

2nd experience of the new robotic voice this evening on the X22 and it will definitely take some getting used to. 
Slight difference from the 1st time I heard it on the 16, between the stop name and 16 to Great Barr it seemed to take an age even after the screen had changed whereas on the X22 it pretty much jumbled together "The Learning Hub X22 to Bartley Green" before the screen changed to say the latter. So maybe a few tweaks needed.

[SCS]

The only thing that annoyed me with the new announcement voice is that when I was on the 6 to Solihull recently, I've never known anyone to pronounce Solihull as "Soh-lee-hull", rather than "Sol-y-hull". It's a minor bug bear but if the computer-generated voice means that all routes can get announcements sooner then I can get behind that.

[ellspurs]

The only thing that annoyed me with the new announcement voice is that when I was on the 6 to Solihull recently, I've never known anyone to pronounce Solihull as "Soh-lee-hull", rather than "Sol-y-hull". It's a minor bug bear but if the computer-generated voice means that all routes can get announcements sooner then I can get behind that.

Every time I've pronounced it "Sol-y-hull" I get accused of being posh. 

[Stu]

Yardley Wood is now "Yaahdley Wood"!

[Jack]

Pheasey is now 'Phay-say'.

[Justin Tyme]

The only thing that annoyed me with the new announcement voice is that when I was on the 6 to Solihull recently, I've never known anyone to pronounce Solihull as "Soh-lee-hull", rather than "Sol-y-hull". It's a minor bug bear but if the computer-generated voice means that all routes can get announcements sooner then I can get behind that.

"So-lee-hull"is in fact the correct pronunciation - not "Solly-hull".

[Ingleboro261F]

"So-lee-hull"is in fact the correct pronunciation - not "Solly-hull".

No its not it sounds ridiculous, I never hear anyone besides the older generation say soleehull

[Mike K]

No its not it sounds ridiculous, I never hear anyone besides the older generation say soleehull

Which says it all. If you're basing the correct pronunciation on how the younger generation say it, then it's almost certain to be wrong. I've honestly never heard of half the terms my teenage kids use.