Programmer's Nostalgia: A $30 Custom Voice Recording from the AOL Voice
2025-01-15
Blogger John Graham-Cumming recounts his 2002 experience commissioning custom voice recordings from Elwood Edwards, the iconic voice of AOL. For $30, he ordered two phrases, "Mail classified by POPFile" and "Use the source, Luke!" for his machine learning email filtering program, POPFile. Edwards even included a bonus "You've got mail, John!" This charming anecdote reveals a personalized touch of the early internet and the humor of tech pioneers.
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