James Dewen, the self-service checkout operations manager, said that the customers found the current voice frustrating.
Tesco said it was making the change to the 12,000 machines in operation because some customers found the current voice was shouty and irritating.
That he can still sing Parsifal so well at this stage is impressive, though that heavy, low-set role suits his current voice.
"We concluded that I was so busy trying not to hear the current voice (especially the high notes) that I just locked everything up.
If people could have seen our current voice-to-text capabilities fifty years ago, it would have looked as if technology had become sentient.
Pictorially representing our current voices and the ones we wanted, I drew a monochrome image of a faceless office worker as 'male' and a singer, in colour, for 'female'female
Sprite's current "Voices of the Street" campaign, by Lowe Lintas & Partners, reflects a multiracial mosaic, with its scenes of black, white and brown faces leaning into a camera to deliver a cappella raps.
Recent works include the White Stripes' Elephant album, as well as the Soledad Brothers' current Voice Of Treason LP. "What I noticed about the studio, it's living, breathing, it's like an organism.
Despite Europe's current crises, it's unchanging, fundamental challenge was expressed that year by Sicco Mansholt, then president of the European commission, probably better than by any of the current voices in the referendum campaign, whether for or against UK remaining in.
Current voice recognition software is best suited to a well-defined task in a controlled environment, like the dictation of legal briefs by lawyers in their own offices or the transcription of television news reports, said Dr. Bill Byrne, an associate research professor in Johns Hopkins's department of electrical and computer engineering, who is involved in the project.
