Anyone know why the voice lady on the Luas changed

swingking

I seriously can't stand the voice of the new luas announcer. She's so posh and wrecks my head

slipss

Still the same voice woman on the red line, I think.

builttospill

She's off on maternity leave.

WindSock

Maybe her balls dropped?

mathie

builttospill wrote: »

She's off on maternity leave.

I did hear she'd a reputation for being luas.

dolliemix

Actually I think the new one is better.

The last one sounded like a computer.

This one's Gaeilge is much better

bonerm

mathie wrote: »

I did hear she'd a reputation for being luas.

Half of Dublin's rode her.

jokettle

She has a better Irish accent, I think. Maybe that's why? Or they had to re-do it to accomodate the extensions to the line....

WindSock

mathie wrote: »

I did hear she'd a reputation for being luas.

She was off the rails for a while but now she is back on track.

Sulmac

On the red line she changed because of the Docklands extension opening last month.

WindSock

Sulmac wrote: »

On the red line she changed because of the Docklands extension opening last month.

Maybe she just does the red light line district?

biko

Pics?

WindSock

Sorry Magnus, you'll have to come up to Dublin to see her

4zn76tysfajdxp

Moved from After Hours.

Victor

There has been some revisions to the messages.

Cionnfhaolaidh

Official Languages Act Guidebook

Recorded Oral Announcements

Public bodies have a duty to ensure that recorded oral
announcements made by them or on their behalf are in
Irish or bilingual by 1 July 2013.

2. Recorded oral announcements transmitted by a public address
system for example recorded announcements such as a
security warning in an airport, a train station or in any other
public place.

What, moved from AH?

Aww, now we have to get all serious an' stuff.

Ste.phen

Cionnfhaolaidh wrote: »

Official Languages Act Guidebook

They were already in both languages

pft

swingking wrote: »

I seriously can't stand the voice of the new luas announcer. She's so posh and wrecks my head

I was just thinking this morning that each luas should have a different announcer to give them a bit of character. Maybe the driver could pick from a set of regional accents or something.

dolliemix

pft wrote: »

I was just thinking this morning that each luas should have a different announcer to give them a bit of character. Maybe the driver could pick from a set of regional accents or something.

Does anyone remember when the Luas Green Line launched at first one of the drivers used to talk on the intercom.
He was a legend!

One time I was on it coming from Stephens Green he announced that it was his first time driving a Luas so we should all hang on! When we got going he was like "this isn't too hard actually, now, I wonder how I stop?'. When we got to Harcourt Street he told us to give the people getting on a big round of applause for their patience.

Another time around Christmas - it must have been the same guy - we were just leaving Stephens Green and he came on again " Ladies and Gentlemen - I hope you enjoyed your day in town. Did you get much Christmas Shopping done? So, we're on our way now, hope you have a comfortable journey, why don't you kick back, relax, and share some of that wine you bought with the person beside you"

I was hoping he'd be a permanent fixture but I never came across him again

KC61

Ste.phen wrote: »

They were already in both languages

Not all the announcements were in Irish - only the stop names.

Now everything is translated.

baalthor

This is the the DART/Irish Rail announcer ...

Cionnfhaolaidh

Ste.phen wrote: »

They were already in both languages

No, they were mostly in English. They have to translate everything into Irish.

Signage now has to show Irish first and in the same font as English.

Propellerhead

They seem to have turned up the volume and the whole rigmarole of detailed announcements in both languages is both redundant and aurally intrusive, especially if you travel every day and are using Heuston, Jervis or Abbey. The voice used sounds like a pissed off Irish teacher about to take the Bata out and slap it on the desk if we don't pay attention

:eek:

Propellerhead

Cionnfhaolaidh wrote: »

Official Languages Act Guidebook

In Irish Only as a realistic option? The scary thing is that they are serious. I couldn't learn conversational Gaeilge in school and the Pass Irish course in the early 1980s seemed to be explicitly designed to put you off the language and culture for life. Patrick Pearse, Peig Sayers and Scothscealta still send a shiver down my back. Now Conradh na Gaeilge etc want me to pretend that I live in an Irish speaking city FFS.

pawrick

can't stand her accent, wish there was less pre recorded talking going on. would prefer the driver to announce each stop as it feels more human that way + still have the stop flash up on the screens on board.

markpb

I'd settle for just the name of the stop in both languages. All the babble about O'Connell St shopping district (lol), Henry St. Shopping district, etc just turns into a constant, bilingual stream of fairly useless information. Between Georges Dock and Heuston feels like a running commentary.

Red Alert

Maybe the should allow the drivers to do it themselves if they want to, or just have more than one voice...

mysterious

She probably has a sore throat, not exactly tropical out there is it.:D

I honestly don't know why this is an issue.

mysterious

markpb wrote: »

I'd settle for just the name of the stop in both languages. All the babble about O'Connell St shopping district (lol), Henry St. Shopping district, etc just turns into a constant, bilingual stream of fairly useless information. Between Georges Dock and Heuston feels like a running commentary.

I think it's ridicolous because it's not like we have a metro system. and the stops are like every 50 seconds around there:D

I think it's trying to woo tourists about our public transport. This is getting more hideous now that I'm actually discussing this.:eek::D

GaryNueman

Glad to see lots of people pissed off with the voice. Agreed she sounds like an old irish teacher. I can hear her well over the music i listen to and i use good ear buds. I think i might go crazy listening to her.

Colm R

They should get the guy who does the Croke Park safety announcment. "Fogra do na Gardai - Garda Message. Plan B".

foggy_lad

Are the security guards on the luas going to have to learn irish so they can ask scumbags to leave the trams bilingually?

AlekSmart

This is so sadly typical of the National Phsyche of Ireland.

At a juncture when those responsible (assuming such people actually exist) should be paying attention to this.....

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...262561518.html

......they are instead applying their considerable talents to the largely irrelevant and superflouous bi-linguality on our Tram system.....

Its becoming clearer by the day that Ireland,if left to it`s own devices has NO chance of pulling out of this depression.....:eek:

Cookie_Monster

AlekSmart wrote: »

This is so sadly typical of the National Phsyche of Ireland.

At a juncture when those responsible (assuming such people actually exist) should be paying attention to this.....

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...262561518.html

......they are instead applying their considerable talents to the largely irrelevant and superflouous bi-linguality on our Tram system.....

Its becoming clearer by the day that Ireland,if left to it`s own devices has NO chance of pulling out of this depression.....:eek:

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Micilin Muc

The new Luas announcer is Doireann Ní Bhriain. She is a broadcasting voice & presentation trainer.

highlydebased

Colm R wrote: »

They should get the guy who does the Croke Park safety announcment. "Fogra do na Gardai - Garda Message. Plan B".

His announcements always make me laugh!

How Strange

I never knew we had shopping districts until they changed the voice!

bealfeirste5

swingking wrote: »

I seriously can't stand the voice of the new luas announcer. She's so posh and wrecks my head

I kinda like it!

MadsL

Seems like only yesterday!

You've got to speed it up
And then you've got to slow it down
'Cos if you believe that a love can hit the top
You've got to play around
And soon you will find
That there comes a time
For making your mind up

stepbar

There was some classic drivers on the green line alright -

from memory

- a chap whose voice was so polished that I thought every time he came on the intercom, it was an advert for something

- then another chap who used to give out about chaps holding the doors and basically anything that held up the tram

TirEoghain

Colm R wrote: »

They should get the guy who does the Croke Park safety announcment. "Fogra do na Gardai - Garda Message. Plan B".

Or the Bus Eireann guy who says "Stand Clear - Luggage doors operate(ing)" Wonder is his Irish any good. Do Bus Eireann have to go bilingual too?

Cookie_Monster

Is there really anyone at all who cares about the Irish version of place names on public transport, anyone?

It bugs me. I have never once in my life needed or wanted to know what the Irish name is thanks.

Aard

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Is there really anyone at all who cares about the Irish version of place names on public transport, anyone?

Not me, and I speak the language! Having said that though, I think it's pretty harmless. My main gripe is the "change for busses to Ballinteer and Enniskerry" lark. We don't need that in English, let alone Irish.

markpb

Aard wrote: »

Not me, and I speak the language! Having said that though, I think it's pretty harmless. My main gripe is the "change for busses to Ballinteer and Enniskerry" lark. We don't need that in English, let alone Irish.

I hate the new Red line rubbish more. "Alight here for the O'Connell St. shopping district". Does anyone, tourists included, ever hop on a train and listen for something exciting at the next stop before they decide where to get off?

Cookie_Monster

I'd find the bus info more useful than the Irish, particularly for tourists.


In response to the original question of why voice changed:



Maybe the old lady quit!

HAHAHAHAHHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEEheh

oLollyo

I see there is already a facebook group about it... "I want the nice lady voice back on the Luas! "

etchyed

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Is there really anyone at all who cares about the Irish version of place names on public transport, anyone?

It bugs me. I have never once in my life needed or wanted to know what the Irish name is thanks.

Then ignore it! It's not doing you any harm! This country has two official languages, having both in announcements on public transport is a small nod to that. It means that people get to hear a small bit of Irish in their daily lives. I practically never speak Irish but small things like this keep me in touch with it and I appreciate them.

This is not aimed at you in particular, Cookie Monster, but there are a lot of people in this country who are vociferously anti-Irish because of a bad experience they had with it in school. There is a problem with Irish language education in this country being generally ****e, but just because you had a few bad teachers doesn't mean you should try to ruin it for the rest of us.

Having said that all that the new Luas voiceover is dreadful. Kudos to RPA/Veolia for providing the necessary info in their announcements (ie something to the effect of "This tram is for The Point. Passenger for Connolly alight at Busaras"/"This tram is for Connolly. Change at Busaras for trams to The Point"). This being Ireland I was pleasently surprised that they got that right. But the voiceover is stuffy and old-fashioned and reminds me of Leaving Cert aural exams.

A Facebook Group wrote:

THE LUAS HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE GAELTACHT.
WE WANT THE OLD SIMPLE VOICE BACK.
Why must i have to suffer the phlegm ridden over pronunciations of the new luas voice.

Why must you ruin public transport further.

A previously acceptable [Cull.en Re] has now been turned into the ' nails on a blackboard' [QUILL. IN -From the back of the throat- RE]

Another Facebook group wrote:

I want the nice lady voice back on the Luas!
I miss her, She was sweet and sexy and happy and the new one sounds like an old school headmistress or something!

Exactly. It's a shame that the increase in Irish was accompanied by a marked decrease in sexiness.

Cookie_Monster

etchyed wrote: »

Then ignore it! It's not doing you any harm! This country has two official languages, having both in announcements on public transport is a small nod to that. It means that people get to hear a small bit of Irish in their daily lives. I practically never speak Irish but small things like this keep me in touch with it and I appreciate them.

Why is it even needed at all, buses don't require a voiceover for stops

etchyed wrote: »

This is not aimed at you in particular, Cookie Monster, but there are a lot of people in this country who are vociferously anti-Irish because of a bad experience they had with it in school. There is a problem with Irish language education in this country being generally ****e, but just because you had a few bad teachers doesn't mean you should try to ruin it for the rest of us.
.

I agree on that.

markpb

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Why is it even needed at all, buses don't require a voiceover.

Yes they do but until the AVLS system is installed, they can't have it. Can you imagine being a blind person, a tourist or a person from outside Dublin trying to figure out where to get off the bus?

Alun

etchyed wrote: »

But the voiceover is stuffy and old-fashioned and reminds me of Leaving Cert aural exams.

... or in other words, clearly enunciated and easily understood by everyone including tourists and others for whom English may not be their first language.

Exactly the same happens everywhere else in the world too. I speak a smattering of Swedish, for example, and whilst I struggle to understand the average person on the street at full pelt, I can understand the Swedish announcements on the public transport system there with no problem. Surely that's the whole point of such a system?