Solari board replacement at South Station and Back Bay

[diburning]

Is it similar to the delay announcements on the subway? Does it sound like the automated announcements on the commuter rail?

[BostonUrbEx]

I don't care what the voice sounds like, so long as you can actually understand it. The acoustics in North Station are brutal.

[diburning]

After finally hearing it for myself, I can tell that it's the same "Crystal" voice as the PTIS systems on the train (and the delay messages on the subway). I suppose the higher pitch might help intelligibility since the old "Rich" voice was quite monotone and low pitched, so it reverberated in undesirable ways. The MBTA also uses the "Mike" voice, but that voice is sub-par in pronunciation.