Voices of Bradford women to be used for bus announcements
Ms Bham added: "I remember going to university and hearing some southern woman doing announcements on the bus, so its going to be really cool to hear a Bradfordian accent."The recordings were made in the BBC Radio Leeds studios. A total of 160 buses working on 35 routes will use them.First's operations director for West Yorkshire, Megan Hope, said: "The local accents give a genuine Bradford and Yorkshire touch to the announcements, which is a real change from the AI technology we normally use."
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