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Elwood Edwards, the man behind the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' greeting, dies at 74 (apnews.com)
submitted 5 days ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] HeneryHawk@reddthat.com 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if he hated it, the sound of his own voice every time

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

I've done a lot of professional VO, and if he was anything like me, yes.

Because every time he listens to it, he will analyze every little inflection and think, "I could have done that better." or "they should have used the other take."

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Kids these days won't experience the dialup days...

dial-tone seven-digit number beeps ringing 20-30 seconds of dialup modem connecting noises

The moment you forgot the speakers were turned up from listening to The Offspring earlier

WELCOME!

YOU'VE GOT MAIL!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

The moment you forgot the speakers were turned up from listening to The Offspring earlier

Somehow, this was not an issue for me in the 1990s.

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Rip, legend

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I hated the file's done. He sounded like such a goober on all of em, but that one was extra special annoying