2006-07-25 06:10:25 · 3 answers · asked by Velddrinnsshar 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
Jane Barbe, whose voice was familiar to the millions, died July 18 in Roswell, GA. She was 74. Anyone who ever dialed a wrong number or had to "Please listen to the following options" in a voice-mail system, was probably prompted by her.
In 1963, Barbe began working for Audichron, the unit of Electronic Telecommunications that pioneered the time-weather phone message industry. Her friendly voice was heard an estimated 40 million times a day in the 1980s and early 1990s on everything from automated time and weather messages to hotel wake-up calls.
During her 40-year career she articulated immortal lines including "At the tone, the time will be 7:22 and 40 seconds," "I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer in service" and "Please press seven for more options." She also recorded daily horoscopes and seasonal messages from Mrs. Claus. Her voice is still heard on thousands of companies' internal and customer contact voice mail systems.
Barbe did most of her recordings for Electronic Tele-communications Inc., in Atlanta and for Octel Communications, now part of Bell Labs/Lucent.
2006-07-25 06:40:20 · answer #1 · answered by Kraftee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is the late Jane Barbe (1928 - 2003). Learn more about her at the website below.
2006-07-25 13:23:44 · answer #2 · answered by David C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question! Probably somebody they recorded long long ago.
2006-07-25 13:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by leedogg1981 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋