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    A speaking clock or talking clock is a live or recorded human voice service, usually accessed by telephone, that gives the correct time. The first telephone...
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    Most digital clocks use electronic mechanisms and LCD, LED, or VFD displays. For the blind and for use over telephones, speaking clocks state the time...
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    particularly English speaking, use the 12-hour clock, or a mixture of the 24- and 12-hour time systems. In countries where the 12-hour clock is dominant, some...
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  • The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. (from Latin ante meridiem, translating to "before...
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  • recreate the Pat Simmons speaking clock. Around 75 electronic speaking clocks with the Pat Simmons voice were sold. The Speaking Clock machine that was used...
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    standard Clock drift Dick effect List of atomic clocks Network Time Protocol Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space Pulsar clock Speaking clock Time metrology...
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  • Jane Cain (category Clocks)
    was a British telephonist and actress, and the original voice of the speaking clock in the United Kingdom. Working at London's Victoria Exchange, she was...
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    numerical equivalent of VIN was 846, and all the caller got was the speaking clock (i.e. 846 is also numerical equivalent of TIM) in the big city 'Director'...
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    deal to promote the production of the first Tinker Bell film, the UK's speaking clock started to use her voice at 0100GMT on October 26, 2008. Furthermore...
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    sponsor the United Kingdom's speaking clock service between 1986 and 2008, and also sponsored a Millennium Countdown clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich...
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