The Voice of Computing to Come

[kallistii]

Over on Slashdot (http://slashdot.org), they currently have a poll on whose voice would you like most to have your computer talk to you in. The choices are:

Majel Barrett 2814 / 18%
William Daniels 530 / 3%
Dan Castellaneta 2029 / 13%
John Di Maggio 577 / 3%
Douglas Rain 286 / 1%
Julie Kavner 451 / 3%
Liv Tyler 5390 / 36%
Cowboy Neal 2781 / 18%

and to explain who each is:

* Majel Barrett Roddenberry- Widow of Gene Roddenberry, the computer voice
* William Daniels - the voice of KITT on Knight Rider
* Dan Castellaneta - The voice of Homer Simpson
* John Di Maggio - The voice of Futurama's Bender
* Douglas Rain - The voice of HAL 2000
* Julie Kavner - The voice of Marge Simpson, among others (listen for 'the knish man is on the premisis' in a Walk on the Moon)
* Liv Tyler - She's an elf! (Arwen in LoTR, dummy) and daugher of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler
* Cowboy Neal - Perenial protest vote...one of the staff of Slashdot.org

I would personally prefer Majel...as I am a Star Trek fan of old...and she was such a wonderful person to meet in person...but I could also see that she is not a person you want to get mad at you! And as she did the "Voice of the Enterprise" through all of the movies and series, I think her voice is canonical for the role of a computer voice.

ttyl
Farrell