According to certain discoveries in STO's sound files, there are apparently computer voiceover snippets for another faction.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1k883yqX46Mhttp://vocaroo.com/i/s0sQ2Kx4R07yhttp://vocaroo.com/i/s1zNtufLjsvg
Were these meant for the Romulans...or perhaps...another faction? I was a bit irked when Romulans just used the Fed computer voice for all alerts and whatnot.
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Oooh! I love these!
Was pleasantly surprised to find a suitable candidate proposed.
For a Romulan computer voice, I would prefer a melodious Italian female voice, like that of Monica Bellucci or Silvia Colloca.
I disagree. The 'metallic tone' highlights the artificial nature of the computer's voice. I think it fits quite nicely.
I disagree with your disagreement. Computers and even phones of today can speak just fine without sounding metallic. Only in the 70's should computers from the 'future' sound so robotic. I agree with the poster above. A slight Italian accent would be perfect for the ship computers of the Space Romans...I mean Romulans.
I disagree with your disagreement with my disagreement: Even the Federation computer voice is altered to sound artificial. It's thematic. And why would a Romulan have an Italian accent?
The difference is the meter and tempo not the pitch or timbre. :P
Computer voices now go for a flat delivery that doesn't emphasize words the way people do in normal speech. But it typically sounds normal otherwise.
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Example: Left shield is failing, shield strength is at 65%, meaning the other 3 facings combined with the 1 that is failing= a total of 65% overall strength.
Praetor of the -RTS- Romulan Tal Shiar fleet!
Though I would accept just about anything to get rid of the fed computer voice.:P
I like the fed voice, but only on a fed. :P
Praetor of the -RTS- Romulan Tal Shiar fleet!
The only problem with the FED voice is it's too quiet no matter how high I set my volume levels.
The KDF one is too loud. :P
Perche sono italiana, naturalmente. :P
But seriously, why not? Romulans are obviously based to a large degree on Romans, even if they were intended to represent the PRC.
That was only in TNG afterward. In TOS they were stand ins for the Russians like the Klingons were.
No. In TOS, they were intended to represent the PRC, the Klingons were the Soviets, and the UFP was the USA/UN (some say NATO, but the image of the UFP seal is obviously based on that of the UN).
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See also:
http://www.startrek.com/boards-topic/33379829/changes-in-tng-klingons-and-romulans
Tbh, I think they needed a British male voice, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zTiWcterB0
I mean, "enemy units in close proximity" would sound boss in that voice.
It also represents how awesome and cunning the Romulans where. TNG Romulans FTW!
I haven't seen it posted here yet but I think the voice is based on the one we heard on the Romulan Warbird in "Contagion".
*EDIT: but equating Romans with Italians is a bit silly IMO. It's like saying Asterix is the same as Inspector Closeau because in the remotest way possible they come from the same area they're just over a dozen centuries apart.
It's also like saying Norwegians are vikings because they come from the same area they're just about 1,000 years apart.*
did they ever use a romulan computer voice on the show?
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Near the end of TNG:"Contagion" when Picard escapes through the iconian gate and ends up on the bridge of the Romulan Warbird where the computer seems to be counting down the seconds to the ship's self destruction.
But Sela's would be cool to.
Now, they don't sound particularly Romulan (makes you wonder what a typical Romulan voice is), but I like their voices. And they are/were available.
As for why Sela or Obisek would be the computer voice, probably for the same reason Lwaxana Troi was the fed computer voice.
It's actually pretty close to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiUk87bPa2Q#t=0h0m25s
*EDIT: took me until now to find a darn vid of the scene*
There's a difference between affirming total identity in culture and noting that, of all the Romance Languages spoken today, Italian is the closest to Latin. We are talking, after all, about what a Romulan voice would sound like. Diane Duane (creator of the Romulan language "Rihan") has stated that she wanted Rihan to sound like a mix of Latin and Welsh, and I think she produced something that qualifies for that description.
Whoever they get for it (if they do it at all), I hope they make certain that any Rihan words/names are pronounced correctly (*ahem*).