speaking clock
Vocal time service
A speaking clock is a telephone service that announces the current time when you call it.
Before digital devices made time checks effortless, people dialed a number to hear a recorded voice give the precise time: I called the speaking clock to set my watch.
The service still exists in some countries but has largely fallen out of use.
Combined into unified whole
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- intonationPitch variation in speech
cadence · diction · articulation · tone · clarity · recorded · announcer · pips
Degree of correctness
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- atomicOf elemental particles
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
GMT · UTC · Greenwich Mean Time · time signal · standard time · time zone · quartz · oscillator
Once each sixty minutes
Self-operating system design
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- digitalOf discrete data
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
microchip · programming · interface · recorded message · audio playback · broadcast
synthesized
Combined into unified whole
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
intonation · cadence · diction · articulation · tone · clarity · recorded · announcer · pips
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- atomicOf elemental particles
calibration · GMT · UTC · Greenwich Mean Time · time signal · standard time · time zone · quartz · oscillator · chronometry
hourly
Once each sixty minutes
minutes · seconds · precisely · exactly · and counting · beeps · pips
automation
Self-operating system design
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- digitalOf discrete data
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
circuitry · microchip · programming · interface · recorded message · audio playback · broadcast
telephone
Voice communication device
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- operatorOne who works machinery
landline · number · directory · inquiry · BT · toll-free · helpline · subscriber · public utility · telecommunication
- timekeepingwatch, watches, timer, calendar, hourglass
- timepieceswristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, watch, sundial
- time signalspip, tone, beep, gong, bell
- time servicestime zone, NTP, time stamp, UTC, time signal
speaking clockdigital clock
Timekeeper showing numerals
analog clock · digital display · clock face · wristwatch · wall clock
speaking clockwristwatch
Portable timekeeping accessory
wall clock · desk clock · mantel clock · grandfather clock · always-on display
speak, speaks, spoken, speaker, speakers, speakable, unspeakable, speaking, speech