Electronic bus-stops ‘to chat with waiting countryfolk’
Rural versions of the latest electronic bus stop information signs are being fitted with a basic voice facility that will automatically sympathise with travellers who are facing a long wait. Aware that country buses are far less frequent than city buses, the display’s developers have perfected voice software that distracts impatient passengers with seemingly idle chit-chat. They have hired retired Dorset postmistress Edna Day to record a series of conversational gambits designed to break news of delays and cancellations more gently.
Posted: Jul 6th, 2008
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