Comments on: Hearing voices in the parking ramp

By: Duluth Daily Photo

Duluth Daily Photo — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:38:48 +0000

I just finally figured out what that voice is saying when you first enter: “This is a pay on-foot facility.”

By: TimK

TimK — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:41:03 +0000

Went to Hanabi for dinner- excellent. Parked in the Tech Center ramp. I could barely make out the voice at the gate coming in- so I can’t determine who/what/how it was done. The payment machine is definitely a synth voice- similar to the Read Please program I beta tested many years ago… At the exit, no voice commands or prompts at all. I just shoved my validated ticket in the slot and the gate opened.

By: wildgoose

wildgoose — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:55:02 +0000

Whenever I hear Lieberman speak I think of the dad on “Alf.”

By: zra

zra — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:58:19 +0000

Stephen Hawking’s doing voiceovers to pick up a buck or two…

By: Beverly

Beverly — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:22:33 +0000

My 5-year-old always repeats the last line, trying to mimic the low voice: “Thank you for parking with us!”
We can’t tell what the speaker on the way in says. “This is a (painful, pain-free, pay-full?) facility …” Anyone?

By: Bret

Bret — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:52:54 +0000

The give away is “Droopy Dog slurring his words.” I suspect it’s Sen. Lieberman’s night job. Hopefully soon his only job.

By: Calk

Calk — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:34:48 +0000

@enealio, that British woman’s voice on the Terminal C tram always cracks me up, I love it! But would she play in Duluth, which sometimes seems to be rather insular?

By: enealio

enealio — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:16:24 +0000

If you’ve ever had to take the shuttle between terminals as MSP, there is a British voice giving you instructions. I guess people would rather hear that than “Oh hey there. Don’t be hopping on this train now if you don’t got to. OK then, have a good day.”

By: Calk

Calk — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:25:57 +0000

I think Alan Zeppa should be the voice of the Ramp, he’s got that voice of authority aura about him. Or someone with a really thick Duluth accent would work for me. Russ Stover?

By: girlfromnorthcountry

girlfromnorthcountry — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:17:02 +0000

I second dropkick’s suggestion that Laura’s voice be the voice of the parking ramp. Hearing her voice in the morning means I’m officially late for work, so it only makes sense she should have a deeper connection to daily parking rituals.

I got stuck in that ramp with no cash once and the card machines wouldn’t work. When I pushed the help button I got the crackliest craziest voice that I could not understand over the intercom. I was laughing and told the guy several times I was so sorry but there was no way I could understand him. I felt like I was on candid camera, it was that bad. Finally he just opened the gate for me, this disembodied, unintelligible voice of parking power.