{"id":636,"date":"2025-03-10T14:10:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2025-03-11T23:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:08:20","slug":"im-the-famous-voice-of-the-tube-its-sad-theyve-replaced-me-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/im-the-famous-voice-of-the-tube-its-sad-theyve-replaced-me-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m the famous voice of the Tube \u2013 it\u2019s sad they\u2019ve replaced me with AI\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colindale Station has taken away Elinor\u2019s voice (Picture: Supplied\/ Alamy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The iconic voice of the London<\/a> Underground has expressed her sadness at the replacement of her voice with an AI bot.<\/p>\n

Elinor Hamilton\u2019s announcements have been substituted by a \u2018text-to-speech\u2019 tool at Colindale Station, a Freedom of Information request to Transport for London<\/a> has revealed.<\/p>\n

The 46-year-old fears for the future of her late husband Phil Sayer\u2019s voice, who is behind the famous \u2018Mind the Gap\u2019 message<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TfL confirmed last week that Colindale Station, on the Northern Line, has switched to a \u2018text-to-speech voice provided by Zentiel\u2019 for tannoy announcements.<\/p>\n

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The \u2018railway couple\u2019 Elinor Hamilton and Phil Sayer with children Ben and Alex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The AI speech tool is in place while the station undergoes development works, scheduled for completion later in the year.<\/p>\n

Elinor, who recorded the original station scripts 20 years ago, told Metro<\/strong>: \u2018It makes me quite sad they are using an AI voice.<\/p>\n

\u2018To use computer voices almost takes away the job of travelling in London.<\/p>\n

\u2018It brings me joy to think these are people.<\/p>\n

\u2018It is the difference between going down a nice cobbled high street and going to a retail park outside a city. <\/p>\n

\u2018We will only start to notice when it is too late. When the fabric of London is chipped away by the computers.\u2019<\/p>\n

Elinor\u2019s was first recorded for the Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines in 2005 and has now been used across Tube stations in London.<\/p>\n

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Colindale Station in Barnet is under construction (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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