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Pat Trumble Fleet is an American voice actress. Widely recognized for the tens of thousands of recordings she has made for US telephone companies such as
"This Is the Voice of AT&T"
'. ''
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In 1981, working alongside Jane Barbe, she began recording messages for the Audichron Company (now known as ETC) announcing time, temperature and weather, and was the voice of the
AT&T
AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the w ...
, Verizon
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, Qwest, the former Bell System
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companies, and others since 1981, she is still most recognized as the person who says "AT&T" in the company's sound trademark,Keppel, Bruce. "This Is the Voice of AT&T"
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''. July 20, 1989.United States Patent Office
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. "Trademark Document" U.S. Patent Office Sensory Mark Registration Number: 1573864
'. AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., 1989. Trademark Record. U.S. Patent Office April 6, 1989. which played prior to any operator assisted or credit card paid call, and on answer when calling AT&T customer service numbers. She is also the voice for most "
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" services (e.g. last-call return, call blocking, etc.) for AT&T
AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the w ...
local telephone companies, and the voice heard when making AT&T handled calls through 1-800-CALL-ATT (225-5288) and through international AT&T access numbers such as USADirect.
History
In 1981, working alongside Jane Barbe, she began recording messages for the Audichron Company (now known as ETC) announcing time, temperature and weather, and was the voice of the Bell System
The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the AT&T Corporation, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America fo ...
's Automated Coin Toll System, quoting rates and collecting charges for coin-paid calls.
In addition, she continues to be the voice for a significant number of telephone company intercept recordings – messages giving reasons for call failure that start with a special information tone and usually begin with the phrase "We're sorry...".
Through the years, her voice became well known through the phone companies' use of her recordings, and through several AT&T internal customer studies it was determined that customers preferred her voice over any other. As a result, she was selected to become the company's signature sound for the AT&T trademark in 1989.
See also
* Susan Bennett *References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleet, Pat 1943 births American voice actresses Telephone voiceover talent Bell System Actresses from Dayton, Ohio Living people 21st-century American women