iBus audio recordings
Dear Transport for London,
I wonder if I could get audio recordings of all of the ibus announcements and bus stops?
Yours faithfully,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
Thank you for your e-mail received on 22 November 2013 asking for a copy
of the iBus announcements.
Your request will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act and TfL’s information access policy.
If you could please let me know the postal address you would like the CD
sent to. Please note that as whatdotheyknow.com is a public website you
may wish to send your address details from a private e-mail address so
that it does not appear on the website.
A response will be provided to you by 20 December 2013.
In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please
feel free to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
I'm sorry but how do I email Tfl with a private email?
Sorry, I am new to this website
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
Thank you for your address details. A response will be sent to you in due
course.
If you could please close the other request for iBus announcements you
have made via the WhatDoTheyKnow.com website as it will show as still
outstanding otherwise.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
How do I close other requests?
I'm really sorry as I am new to this website
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear FOI,
Can I also have announcements as PDF version?
Thanks
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314/FOI-1639-1314
Thank you for your further e-mail requesting a list of the iBus
announcements.
Your request will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act and TfL’s information access policy.
A list will be provided to you with the response to your original request.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314/FOI-1639-1314
As previously advised, the deadline for your request is 20 December 2013.
We are processing your request as per TfL’s current FOI procedure. I
appreciate that you would like this information as soon as possible and we
will endeavour to provide an answer as early as possible.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
Thank you for your e-mail received on 22 November 2013 asking for a copy
of the iBus announcements.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act and TfL’s information access policy. I can
confirm TfL does hold the information you require.
A CD containing the iBus announcements has been sent to you in the post.
Please find attached a list of the announcements. It should be noted that
the iBus announcements are recorded as fragments. As a result, some
announcements would not feature in full as the full announcement would
just be made up of two or more fragments that have already been recorded.
Please also note that while access to this material will be provided to
you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you are not granted any
rights to any of the intellectual property that exists in it or granted
any permission to make secondary uses of it.
TfL owns all intellectual property (including, without limitation,
copyright) in the material supplied and will defend such rights.
If you wish to make any secondary use of the material provided, you must
first obtain the consent of TfL (which may be withheld) and, if consent is
granted, a fee may be charged, in accordance with the terms of the Reuse
of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable
to access it for some reason, please feel free to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to
appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would
like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
Thanks a lot.
How long roughly will it take for it to get to my house?
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
Thank you for your e-mail. I do not know how long it will take the disc to
reach your home. I expect it may take a couple of days, however due to the
volume of mail the Post Office have to process during the Christmas period
it may take longer. If you have not received it by the end of next week
please let me know and I will arrange for another one to be sent out.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
So if it hasn't come by tomorrow, I should let you know?
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
As stated in my response below, if you have not received the disc by the
end of next week then let me know.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
You do not need to sign for the CD.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
Thanks very much. Received CD. Although it doesn't have the recording "To" on there but it doesn't matter.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear FOI,
The CD doesn't contain the recordings " University Hospital" and "Dingwall Road/East Station".
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
As advised in my original response, the iBus announcements are recorded as
fragments. As a result, some announcements would not feature in full as
the full announcement would just be made up of two or more fragments that
have already been recorded. All parts of the “ University Hospital"
and "Dingwall Road/East Station” are used in other announcements,
and so the announcement for these stops can be made up from these.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
The recording T33 is also not on the CD. T31 and T32 is on there but not this recording
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
Our files from which your CD was made show that the ‘T33’ recording was
included. However, please find attached the recording again.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
Thank you. Another recording that is not on the CD is 'Thornton Heath Pond'. I know there is more than one recording of this stop because the way the announcer says it is different.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
There are four audio announcements with the words ‘Thornton Heath Pond’
included in them. I have listened to the announcements and there are two
different ways in which this announcement is said.
Please note that you have received the most current version of the
recordings that we hold.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
Alright but can you send me all 4 of these recordings cause I like to have all of the recordings for my own use?
Thanks a lot for the information.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
The recordings were on the CD provided.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
There were only two recordings. I want all 4 that you claimed to have.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear Mr Grafham
Our Ref: FOI-1555-1314
Please find the recordings attached. These were taken from the file which
was copied onto the CD provided to you.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[1][TfL request email]
Dear FOI,
Thanks but are there any other recordings of just Thornton Heath Pond because in the recording of "64 to Thornton Heath Pond", the announcer says it differently to what you have provided?
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
Dear FOI,
Also, the recording for "N64" is not on the CD.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grafham
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