I just really fantage start in my
day-to-day with some trams hence we're
going a bit green for the first bit but
I need to get to East Croydon to
specifically go and get attending train
for apparently I am the voice of
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we were recording at the broad l
straight-4 of wood attention please the
next station is Hendon which has a short
platform if you wish to a light here
you must be travelling in the front
seven coaches please ensure you are
travelling in the correct part of the
Train
that is a voice that is familiar to me
his name is Matt we might be talking to
him later I'm on a Thames Inc train I'm
on a st. Albans stop we're leaving
Cricklewood heading for Hendon and I'm
on it because I want to hear for the
first time this will sound weird my own
voice back in July I was asked by Matt
if I would like to record an
announcement talking about the works on
the Brian main line and I said yes and
then I sort of forgot about it I should
point out I did it at home I didn't go
to a fancy studio I just got a look
fairly decent home studio set up we know
where the soundproofing a decent mic so
I recorded it and I sent it off and then
Matt said thanks and I didn't really
think about it until about two weeks ago
and suddenly I got a tweet and then I
got another tweet and then my Twitter
timeline just exploded with a load of
tweets basically or saying Jeff isn't
you that I keep hearing on my Thameslink
train the answer is yes it is
it's at any second now please mind
forget the drain that's Matt that's Matt
this dishes that's a lady whose name I
forget but I will be reminded in a
minute any second now this train
terminates that city it's still five
minutes pass at any second
I'm gonna be sad if doesn't work
sometimes I've heard it triggers at 7
minutes past as well so we'll give it
another minute
someone told me it triggered 11 minutes
past once because the Train wasn't
explaining it the brightest may not
improve their project will have no
trains between three bridges and
Brighton or between three bridges and
Lewis on selected days over the coming
months the details of dates and to sign
up reveal that visit Brighton mainline
job code of UK and that's me okay so a
departing me released I've put in a call
and you put a text message and with a
bit of luck when we get to Elstree we
can meet Matt
so rather fortuitous Lee I've
immediately got myself onto a southbound
suddenly sat at the back in the
Declassified first-class section there
is an empty seat here that means that a
guest is coming and by the magic of the
overused YouTube click that will appear
hi hello everybody its Matt could you
say please mind the doors please mind
the doors Matt is the voice that you
hear you want you're in charge of the
Thameslink pis that hasn't changed
formation ham yes system of submission
system yes because you wrote them to you
up GTR yeah ok and so what you you in
charge of roll out the software an
announcement and in my case
who gets to record him I look after all
the all the PRS on the class and
hundreds 365 and now they seven one
seven and you basically said to me back
early this year you went would you be
interested in in being a voice of an
announcement and I went oh yeah so you
put it all the announcements you pull
there so all the trigger files up on on
the laptop we safety padded like that
and then we give it to Siemens and seems
go around to each a train plug a laptop
in and they I upload the file onto each
train so that's why it's not an
immediate roll out because that someone
has to go round plug into each train and
it's then torn open and what's
interesting is that you just looked at
the PS screen up there you could see
that the software update version this
train hasn't got it yet so this one
hasn't had it rolled out yeah a
little-little blacks sorts of little
tiny little black bit of text instead of
version and that's the version number
two version as you can tell which
version so what version is this train so
this is four point two eight and what
version of I on 29 all it is there is
you've got the the database version the
route that the Train noses it's on and
in the P is code that the passenger
promotion system code us the code the
driver types in and then that code tells
the screams what stations
actually showing announced no way we're
stopping that what you did tell me is
that we so we noticed trigger to fire
past the hour yeah gonna go again isn't
it yeah but not on a Monday or Friday
only to zero from wine why only Tuesday
Wednesdays and Thursdays so there are
certain announcements like that one that
we we have to play right so it's a it's
a DFT mandated you have to play that
message everyone can go to every 30
minutes okay so yeah and then obviously
for passengers with reduced so you know
vision or was or hearing problems there
are certain bits of information you have
to put out such as destination the next
station is and the calling pattern so
that you know someone who can't you know
visual problems they can hear if this
the train that they want to be on okay
I'll get my training that's why I mean
it is unfortunate when you've got the
station so close to each other does it
say for people yeah yeah well actually
for everyone you know this is my train
yeah once appeal you get that
confirmation you can relax it's a heck
of a lot better I remember the old days
of 31 lines where you've got nothing you
didn't know sometime at night you didn't
know where you were you were like
basically window going there's this
kentish town or this with here this West
Hampstead you had no idea finally just
to say obviously how long would it take
you and again I know the answer because
I've asked for a camera before but you
have to go out to the studio for several
days it new to record every single
possible permutation so when you go this
is the 1306 1307 you you have to record
every single time every single station
they write that must have taken hours I
mean yeah we do it over so I mean it's
been going on since 2011 every time
there's you know group right when you
now need to do this bit of recording or
whereas we extended down to southern
last year to go down arts and Nottingham
to to
I'm not watching everything not to come
that's just with the studio it's there
except for that so for your station
announcements they're in a studio and
knotting in which in which years okay so
there's about I think that's probably
for the company that provides the the
CIS customer information system that's
that's the platform basement the the
company that provides our CIS here
they're based up in not to you and I
think there's probably bout six or eight
voices in the country on neva so you've
got a Scottish lady she does all the
Scottish stations
it's a Welsh speaking lady to go out on
Great Western right as one for
Birmingham but yes so it's all there
they're up in Nottingham so and just go
up there they give us a script just
literally read through it and they
splice it all up and they onto the onto
the station systems but generally my
voiceover was okay and you know yeah you
didn't you didn't get me to redo it
you don't forget a touch of my agent you
ain't get some and if there are other
opportunities coming up you would
consider me thanks very much
there's no Matt that's Matt thanks
I'm kinda I was hoping that I might say
that and on cue your voice might come in
the air this is creationist can't do
hopeless
I can't impersonate Eugene thanks bye
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