Oh those Canadians have got it right. Stations in the
south west maybe should give reports in Spanish too,
but to my knowledge they never have.
Well if you just came up from Mexico, Central or south
America, you probably wouldn't have a weather radio,
*g*, makes me wonder what they have in other
countries, if anything though.
--- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That is the same in my area. I hear both human and
> computer voices. All
> the stations in Canada at least near mine not only
> have the human, but they
> are also giving information in French even. The
> U.S. ones I hear all use
> the computer, and come on in severe weather, but the
> ones I have heard from
> Alaska use the human, and I just have heard the male
> voice with a Canadian
> accent, and it is the same voice used for Canada's
> stations.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:04 AM
> Subject: Re: NOAA Weather voices in different parts
> of the country
>
>
> > Hi Jeff. I think it was in 2001 when they started
> with
> > the human voice, 2 actually, supposedly belonging
> to 2
> > anonymous NOAA employees, 1 male, 1 female. I
> remember
> > when I started hearing them, I would hear all the
> > little flaws where phonemes changed, now I don't
> > really notice them. Well they still use the male
> > synthesized voice that they started using in late
> 97
> > or early 98, even though they had been saying they
> > were fazing that out, so on most of the
> transmitters I
> > pick up here, which is quite a lot, I used to
> avidly
> > dx them, there is a mixture of all 3 voices
> involved
> > on any given day. They say that the only time
> you'll
> > hear a real live human on the air is when systems
> > break down, but I don't think that's exactly
> truthful,
> > as when severe weather threatens, I'll often hear
> a
> > human on the Saint Joseph Missouri transmitter,
> where
> > I generally get my weather. The human will be
> giving a
> > current synopsis of what's going on with the
> > atmosphere, what storms are moving where, then
> you'll
> > hear the mechanicals again giving warnings and
> listing
> > counties in Kansas and Missouri affected. I don't
> know
> > if they'll ever phaze out the old voice or not,
> but I
> > have found over the years, what ever voice is
> used, I
> > can still use sound quality, speed, and with these
> new
> > voices, dialect clues to discriminate between
> > transmitters on the same frequency when ducting is
> > running strong. A few days ago, I was able to pick
> out
> > the Blue Rapids Kansas, Sedalia Missouri, and
> Cameron
> > Missouri transmitters all on 162.425 just by
> moving my
> > indoor twin lead J-pole around at the base. Back
> in
> > 97, before they went synthesized, I picked up
> > transmitters as far away as Alabama(near the
> Florida
> > border), and Nashville Tennessee, and as far west
> as
> > Goodland and Dodge City Kansas. North to Sioux
> Falls
> > South Dakota, with a pair of stacked 5 element
> yagis
> > for 2 meters. Got a tape full of recordings I made
> of
> > all the stations I heard during that period.
> > --- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Hi everyone. I have noticed something in when
> > > listening to weather reports
> > > from around the country. Here in Michigan and
> in a
> > > lot of other places the
> > > synthesizer is in use with the computer voice
> that I
> > > think is from AT&T, but
> > > in Canada and when I have heard stuff from
> Alaska it
> > > uses an actual person's
> > > voice. Does anyone know if the synthesizer will
> be
> > > phased out in favor of
> > > this voice?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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