The voice of America Online’s “You’ve got mail” has died at age 74 His cassette recording, made for $200 in 1989, was a sound that defined an online generation. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/1…
#Nostalgia just pours in when I think about 90s tech experiences. This was definitely one of them. I didn't have access to #AOL in my country, but I did get those CDs in the @PCMag and other tech mags. I remember AOL setup files on Celine Dions 1997 Lets Talk About Love album. RIP.
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in reply to Ars Technica • • •Daniel Pache⚓
in reply to Ars Technica • • •slightly irritated because the "You've got mail" was a female voice in german AOL. Luckily she's still alive and active:
minz-and-friendz.de/sprecherin…
For english speakers: scroll down to "AOL-Stimme" and press play.
Sprecherin
www.minz-and-friendz.decameronbosch :endeavourOS:
in reply to Ars Technica • • •R.I.P.
The "goodbye" one for some odd reason scared the 💩 out of me as a little kid; I don't know why, but it did!
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘
in reply to Ars Technica • • •Juho Mäntysalo
in reply to Ars Technica • • •That a 74-year old worked as an Uber driver sounds like something out of 1990s Russia. Pensions got devalued by the system change.
I'm going to guess he didn't do it as an hobby.
Max™
in reply to Ars Technica • • •I was confused for years because the voice in my head is clearly a woman saying you've got mail.
Turns out I'm just old enough to remember the compuserve version and only ever used AOL briefly.