[Scan-DC] DCFD now using voice synthesis for dispatching

[Doug Kitchener]

I wonder if it can say, "Anaheim, Azuza, and Cucamonga."  Let's see, what are some difficult-to-pronounce DC street names... Kalmia Road?  Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue?  Connect i cut Avenue?  Arkansas Avenue?  AAH!! Loughboro Road!

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> To: jeff at krauss.ws; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> From: dewey3 at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:59:36 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] DCFD now using voice synthesis for dispatching
>
> W-O-W. You know with any type of computerized voice, something is going to get butchered sooner or later.
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Jeff Krauss"
> To: ,
> Subject: [Scan-DC] DCFD now using voice synthesis for dispatching
> Date: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 18:13
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>
> Just heard DCFD dispatch a medical local on talk group 011 using
> synthesized voice rather than a live dispatcher.
> Loud and clear.
>
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