15.3322, Media: NYT: Amtrak's Electronic Answering System

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Subject: 15.3322, Media: NYT: Amtrak's Electronic Answering System

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Date: 27-Nov-2004
From: Karen Chung < karchung at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: NYT: Amtrak's Electronic Answering System



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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:20:38
From: Karen Chung < karchung at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: NYT: Amtrak's Electronic Answering System


>From the November 24, 2004 issue of the New York Times online:

Your Train Will Be Late, She Says Cheerily
By Ian Urbina

Amid long lines and frayed nerves typical during the long Thanksgiving holiday
weekend, roughly 600,000 rail travelers nationwide will squeeze on and off
trains, with one-third passing through Pennsylvania Station.

Through it all Julie will remain unshakably courteous and tirelessly chipper
Julie is the computerized "voice of Amtrak" who helps callers navigate
the railroad's electronic answering system.

The article includes an audio slide show.

Free registration is required to access the article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/24/nyregion/24voice.html

Karen Chung

http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/
http://lists.topica.com/lists/phonetics/
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics





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