Agreed — the recording does sound like a robot. Part of the problem may be that some sentences are pasted together from what must be pre-recorded words or phrases. But yeah, it’s pretty lame.

I’ll never forget the time I was riding the F uptown on the morning of September 13, 2001. The train was of course full of scared, unhappy commuters putting on their bravest faces and going back to work. As we approached my stop, the conductor, an African-American woman with a very soothing voice (a lot like the DJ in the movie The Warriors if anyone’s seen that) announced the stop and then said "Remember… take care of each other out there". I was almost completely overcome, and I think a lot of the other passengers were too.

I don’t care if they sound like robots or not they are easy to hear and understand unlike the human voices they currently use. The recorded voices I’ve heard on other systems around the world are similar and I think quite frankly they work.

I don’t really think they sound like robots at all but they do sound like recordings of human voices. They are not live and they are probably pieced together digitally.

Hi, I’m12 years old.I’ve lived in NY all my life. I love the recordings. I find themvery amusing. And since my hobby is memerizing subway stops, the fake voices make it easier to memerize the recording. This is a brooklyn bridge bound, 6 train.The next stop is 68th st,hunter college!

When am on the number two train heading to school I like to memorize the stops along the way "This stop is 96 street Transfer is available to the 1 and 9 Trains"