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Hello.

I am looking for someone with a british accent to record the following section of text in the style of a 1980's radio broadcast. Nothing fancy in the interpretation, just read it like you were on the air.

Here's the text

Cloudy today with sunny periods. The high in central London twelve, that's fifty-five Fahrenheit. A really nice, mild, winter day after all that cold weather, and I for one, am going to get out into the sunshine. Traffic news if you're coming into London from the South, avoid Tower Bridge this morning, there's a half mile tail back. Otherwise, traffic's moving pretty freely into London this morning. Its 8:33, ten degrees and a nice mild day to start the week, and here to start the week...

End text.

At that point at the end, the DJ starts playing music.

Thank you for your help!
Jake Pease
Student, University of Florida

Hey,

Probably not suitable as I'm not sure what "1980's radio broadcast" is.... Cheesy? Smashie and Nicey? (I'm guessing that makes no sense to you?). Ummm, anyway, I quickly recorded your words in (more or less) my normal voice and have just uploaded it un-eq-ed/unprocessed. I'd totally understand if it's not what you're after, but there you go.

fyi I'm fairly sure Tower bridge wouldn't ever be a problem if you're driving into London, but it does sound nice...

TTFN,

Andrew.

Do mean like Smashie and Nicey? 'Maximum overdrive, lets rock!!'

In response to Tower Bridge, the text is taken from the play Cloud Nine.
Our school's doing it and I need someone with a true accent (not a student with an adopted accent) on a sound file to use.

Really, however you guys want to do it is perfectly fine.
Imho, the more options I can present to the director, the better!

Jake

Just added it to a folder called 'Chiseen' the file is called cloudy today..... not sure how all this works yet, but you can send me your email and I'll send you a link to 'yousendit'

Chiseen

Chiseen,

once you have uploaded the file(s) go to:
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/filesUploadedBrowse.php

to describe the files you uploaded.

- bram

here is chiseen's file:

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=49514

by the way chiseen: nice one. next time make the quality of the mp3 a bit higher though (128kbps makes bram sad...). Maybe even consider uploading uncompressed wav!

- bram

You'll want a British broadcasting voice I dare say.... I'd need to stick a couple of plums in my mouth

Seriously if you're interested, I'll give it a go. Tommorow probably.

Hi, jakepease1! I recorded a version for you. As soon as it's approved, I'll post the link here.

Thanks for linking the file, Bram.

If 'jakepease1' likes what he hears.. then I'll upload the .wav. no worries.
I may re-record it with a good mic..... that was an SM58 in the same room as the studio PC.. so not very clean.. sorry...

Chiseen (Hong Kong)

I've recorded a version - genuine Hampshire. Uploaded but not approved yet - file Cloudy_today.mp3.

Oh wow! I forgot to check this in a while.
Thank you all so much for all the files!
I'm busy getting the links from all of you!

You guys are great!!!

Jake

Try this http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=50377

this is spoken with a London Cockney accent to add to the traffic in london bridge effect etc....

Out of interest, what exactly do you mean by a British accent? There are lots of different accents in Britain: English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish. And within each of those countries there a many, many regional variations.

I just got out of a meeting with the director and she decided that Denzil9 will be the recording chosen! I really appreciate all of your help!

As for the questions, I wasn't specific about the type of accent for several reasons, first off because I'm honestly clueless about how many accents there are. Second, I didn't want to reduce my chances of getting a response by saying something like "I need a Welsh accent." Staying vague seemed to be the best option.

I figured the director would have an idea of the type of accent she was looking for, so by giving her a wide variety of options I could leave the final say to her.

Thank you all so very much!
Jake

for a strong british accent fill your mouth with water and then try to speak without spilling any