Happy Birthday HAL !

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(01-13-2020 05:51 PM)Jeff O. Wrote:  Obviously, I have soft spot for this movie (see avatar at left <--)

Douglas Rain could have made a (possibly small) fortune had he given his voice for a GPS announcer before phones took over that function. (I still prefer a dedicated GPS so google is not tracking me everywhere I go, but that's another rant.) If you could replace your Alexa/Siri/Google home voice with a custom voice, how many of us would choose Douglas? (It’s possible you can do so, I don’t know because I use none of these service because of you know, not wanting them listening to everything that goes on in my house.) I know, Majel Barrett would be a close second if not first. Unfortunately, we have lost both Douglas and Majel.

Do you use a camera on any of your monitors or TV? Voice activation on any device that's connected to the Internet? If so, they're listening and/or watching with or without any subscription service.

I'd like Douglas Rain's voice, of course or Robert Vaughn, voice of Proteus IV in Demon Seed or even Bud Cort, voice of Edgar in Electric Dreams.