I can picture it right now. I’m sitting in the stands at Yankee Stadium thirty years from now and I hear this. “Now Batting…Number 22…Derek Jeter Jr….Number 22.”
I've discussed Bob Sheppard many, many times here as he's struggled to return to the mic at the Stadium. His replacement, Jim Hall, has a wonderful voice, strikingly similar to Mr. Sheppard's, but like any sequel, it's never as good as the original. Mr. Hall had a rough night on Tuesday, but I think this is an amazing idea.But due to the state of text-to-speech technology, Sheppard’s voice could be the voice of the starting lineups for the next 50 years, if the Yankees choose to go that route.
Patrick Dexter, director of business development for Cepstral a leader in text-to-speech technology, told CNBC that it would be possible for the company to create a program that would enable the Yankees to have every player – the Yankees and their opponents – be announced by Sheppard’s voice forever.
“Doing names and numbers is easier than creating what they call a full domain voice, which is voicing full sentences,” Dexter said. “But if we had some time and money – and the Yankees certainly might have that bankroll -- we could do this.”
I think this would be great.
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Wouldn't that actually be "great" in the same way that it was "great" that Fred Astaire could dance with a vacuum cleaner long after he was pushing up daisies too?
Yeah, and Gene Kelly does hip-hop or some crap like that now.
Hurray for technology!
Oh c'mon guys, have some fun!
The Natalie Cole/Nat King Cole stuff was cool.
Technology is our friend. Let's enjoy the Voice of God forever!!!
as creepy as it might be...
Instead of Derek Jeter Jr., it would be more fitting for him to announce in 30 years:
And now batting, the Unfrozen Head of Ted Williams. Williams."
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