0 someone who introduces programmes on the radio or television -- spiker/ka
Of course the announcers themselves occasionally make dreadful mistakes with uncommon words, especially place-names, but this is excusable, and apart from it we may claim to have succeeded.
The selection of professional announcers was guided by practical reasons: the database was created to develop a text-to-speech system, and voice quality and perfect diction were requested.
The present can perhaps be rationalized in the sense that the announcer is making a general comment on the way things happen; when a block is good a touchdown occurs.
In the context of a sporting event, they are also quite stereotyped, hence the announcer has a good idea of what is likely to transpire at any instant.
She has recorded the actions of the performers and announcers, the text, camera cuts, audience reactions, and details of how each of the songs was performed.
Here, the listener is overtly reassured of the imagery of transport and travel by the foreground calls from announcers confirming that it is indeed a train station.
News announcers and advertising content are frequently attacked in the newspapers for sloppy syntax, errant word choice, and more.
Theatrically, the play consists of short scenes, punctuated by traditional folk-song, and introduced by an 'announcer', who places each episode in its immediate political and historical moment.
