Darby Bailey | |
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Born |
Salt Lake City,
Utah, US |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Darby, Darby McDonough |
Alma mater | Regent University, Antioch University Los Angeles, University of Utah, Western Governors University |
Occupation(s) | Voice actor, Musician, Information Technologist, Songwriter, and Businesswoman |
Years active | 1999–present |
Known for | Voice of Tellme, Amex, Verizon and AT&T 4-1-1 |
Darby Bailey is an American actress, Ph.D. candidate, Information Technologist, voice-over artist, musician, songwriter, writer/producer, and businesswoman. [1] She is most known as the ' Voice of Tellme' and the voice of Verizon [2] and AT&T's 4-1-1 Directory Assistance. [3] Her voice has been heard trillions of times by telephone callers in the U.S. since she first started voicing phone systems in 1999. [4]
While most known for being the 'Voice of Tellme' and Verizon and AT&T's 4-1-1, [5] [6] she is also the entry voice to various interactive voice response ( IVR) systems for American Express, Fidelity Investments, United Parcel Service and inside Ford Sync enabled automobiles. [7] She also voiced Utah's 511 Travel Line to coincide with the 2002 Winter Olympics. [8] Her voice has been heard billions of times in the United States by callers using Tellme built systems. She is known for her winsome voice. [9] [10]
On October 8, 2005, in a Saturday Night Live sketch called 'Julie The Operator Lady' her voice was parodied, as she was at the time, voicing a broad number of phone services, including being the first voice actor to voice both the 1-800-FANDANGO movie phone ticketing system and the Orbitz Travel alert systems, [11] as well as the first voice interactive version of the AT&T, 1-800-555-1212, Directory Assistance line [12]
Darby appeared as herself in a 2003 television episode of CBS news program Sunday Morning where she was interviewed by David Pogue for her work voicing speech enabled telephone systems.
Darby Bailey | |
---|---|
Born |
Salt Lake City,
Utah, US |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Darby, Darby McDonough |
Alma mater | Regent University, Antioch University Los Angeles, University of Utah, Western Governors University |
Occupation(s) | Voice actor, Musician, Information Technologist, Songwriter, and Businesswoman |
Years active | 1999–present |
Known for | Voice of Tellme, Amex, Verizon and AT&T 4-1-1 |
Darby Bailey is an American actress, Ph.D. candidate, Information Technologist, voice-over artist, musician, songwriter, writer/producer, and businesswoman. [1] She is most known as the ' Voice of Tellme' and the voice of Verizon [2] and AT&T's 4-1-1 Directory Assistance. [3] Her voice has been heard trillions of times by telephone callers in the U.S. since she first started voicing phone systems in 1999. [4]
While most known for being the 'Voice of Tellme' and Verizon and AT&T's 4-1-1, [5] [6] she is also the entry voice to various interactive voice response ( IVR) systems for American Express, Fidelity Investments, United Parcel Service and inside Ford Sync enabled automobiles. [7] She also voiced Utah's 511 Travel Line to coincide with the 2002 Winter Olympics. [8] Her voice has been heard billions of times in the United States by callers using Tellme built systems. She is known for her winsome voice. [9] [10]
On October 8, 2005, in a Saturday Night Live sketch called 'Julie The Operator Lady' her voice was parodied, as she was at the time, voicing a broad number of phone services, including being the first voice actor to voice both the 1-800-FANDANGO movie phone ticketing system and the Orbitz Travel alert systems, [11] as well as the first voice interactive version of the AT&T, 1-800-555-1212, Directory Assistance line [12]
Darby appeared as herself in a 2003 television episode of CBS news program Sunday Morning where she was interviewed by David Pogue for her work voicing speech enabled telephone systems.