[VoIP] AT&T Stops 'Time', Ends An Er

Mon Sep 3 19:00:05 CDT 2007

Here's my original post on this topic, on December 1, 2005. The url in that
post might still work, and it gives a little more insight into the
recordings. I've combined the files it talks about into one .wav file,
downsampling the 44100 file to 8000.

Hello,
Ok, I'm getting sick and tired of editing samples and getting little pops in
my samples.  So I've decided to handle this differently.  Anybody who wishes
may download the following file.
http://jaybird.no-ip.info/jdsample.zip
This is a file, slightly less than 24 megabytes long, of many calls to this
machine.  The file a.wav is sampled at 44 Khz, sorry about that.  It was
originally sampled at 8 Khz and I upsampled it and don't have the original
any more.  All you really need from it are the 11 and 12 hour samples
anyway.  The other file, b.wav, is sampled at 8 Khz, just like the audio
came in from Goiax.  As far as I know it has all of the samples that aren't
in the a.wav file.  Between the two files all required samples should be
there.  Some samples are of lesser quality because of connection or Internet
troubles but there should always be at least one very good quality version
of every sample.  Most of the time I let it announce the time several times
so I could get several different samples.  Unfortunately Goiax is no longer
offering free long distance calls so I can't sample this machine any more
this way but I think good versions of everything is there.  I have
compressed the long pauses between time announcements to save disk space and
time.  I'm sure a normal sighted person can cut the samples at a zero
crossing or whatever to avoid pops.
Jayson.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
To: "Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches" <voip at lists.ckts.info>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [VoIP] AT&T Stops 'Time', Ends An Er

> Hi,
>
>      That's too bad! Anyone know of any others owned by people who might
be
> willing to make them available for announcement duplication?
>
>      On the subject of John Doyle announcements, as previously mentioned,
I
> do have a complete set as recorded over many calls from the 410-844-1212
> machine, still in operation. I have a file of calls to that machine. It's
> been nearly two years since I even looked at these recordings, and I just
> can't seem to keep from getting little pops when I paste individual words
or
> phrases. If anyone wants to take a crack at constructing a sample library
> from my file, I'm pretty sure every necessary phrase is there. The file is
> at the following URL. Note, I've done some silence suppression to save
> space. If you want to hear how the machine actually sounds, dial
> 410-844-1212.
> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/jd.wav
> This is close to half an hour worth of recordings.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lee Spenadel" <lee at spenadel.com>
> To: "'Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches'" <voip at lists.ckts.info>
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] AT&T Stops 'Time', Ends An Er
>
>
> > Jayson,
> >
> > There is at least one such Jane Barbe machine in existence that I know
of.
> > The person who owns it has no interest in making it available for the
> > duplication of announcements.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: voip-bounces at lists.ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at lists.ckts.info]
> On
> > Behalf Of Jayson Smith
> > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 4:06 PM
> > To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches
> > Subject: Re: [VoIP] AT&T Stops 'Time', Ends An Er
> >
> > I have a complete set of recordings recorded off the 410-844-1212
machine
> > which is still running. They're spoken by John Doyle. As far as I know,
> > there are no remaining Jane Barbe machines with that announcement style
> > still in service. If interested, let me know and I'll post the URL.
> > Jayson
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Rusty Dekema" <rdekema at gmail.com>
> > To: "Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches" <voip at lists.ckts.info>
> > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [VoIP] AT&T Stops 'Time', Ends An Er
> >
> >
> > > Speaking of this, do any of you have an AT&T number for a time system
> > > that uses the exact phrasing:
> > >
> > > "Good (xyz), at the tone the time will be (zyx)." (As opposed to "at
> > > the tone, (name of time zone) time will be...)
> > >
> > > That was how 616-346-1212 (actually 346-****, but they didn't
> > > advertise it as such), the time line where I grew up, sounded.
> > > Unfortunately, it has been out of commission in both the old 616 and
> > > new 269 split region for several years.
> > >
> > > I would like to replicate the system on my Asterisk machine, but I
> > > have not been able to find any similar recordings.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Rusty
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/30/07, ikjtel <ikj1234i at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > FWIW, via slashdot
> > > >
> > > > "Starting in September, you will no longer be able to
> > > > pick up a landline, payphone, etc and find out what
> > > > time it is at the beep. AT&T, which has had the
> > > > service since the 20s, cited a lack of demand in the
> > > > digital age as the reason for "time"'s extinction.
> > > > Actually, the service had already stopped in most
> > > > states, but Nevada and California - with their large
> > > > rural and unmapped areas - were still holding out,
> > > > should the lost motorist or weary hiker need to know
> > > > the time of day. But no more! The "Time Machine",
> > > > which consisted of two large drum-like devices that
> > > > contained several audio-tracks and a quite advanced
> > > > system for syncing up with the caller, will probably
> > > > end up in a museum, anxiously awaiting the arrival of
> > > > its cousin: The Pay-Phone."
> > > >
> > > > Full article at
> > > >
> >
>
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus29aug29,0,2466396,full.column?c
> > oll=la-home-center
> > > >
> > > > Max
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
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