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From: galanter@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Philip Galanter)
Subject: Re: female voice-over
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In article <28021170.13754@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> kenm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (...Jose) writes:
>Related to this might be the almost-universal use of female voices for
>things like automated messages systems (eg. most phone mail systems
>that I've encountered) and computer messages (mostly sci-fi, in this
>case.... eg. Star Trek.).

The NeXT uses a female voice, with a charming british accent at that, to
tell you that "your printer is out of paper".

Phil



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