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> I have at least a few readers for which the sound of a man's voice saying "government cell phone detected" will elicit a palpable reaction.

Can this be recreated as an audio clip for jumpscaring former govt employees?

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Why not just rip the audio file off? Would make for a funny DC request

Edit: On second thought this could be an OPSEC problem. Sorry but I don’t know if anyone can help you :(

I bet the tts voice is public and something made by AT&T in the 80s or 90s.

Why TTS if it's just a static phrase? More likely that a random developer recorded that sentence and the wav is hardcoded in all the units.

It might be that the law around voice recordings are not as simple as we might imagine.

If I were the president I would install this on random doors in the White House as a prank. It would be fun to watch the NSC fumble for their phone when walking into the oval.

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