Elwood Edwards (born November 6, 1949) is an American voice actor. He
is best known as the voice of the Internet service provider America
Online, which he first recorded in 1989. His greetings include
"Welcome", "You've got mail", "You've got pictures", "You've got
voicemail", "File's done", and "Goodbye", all recorded in his own
living room on a cassette deck. In 1989, Edwards's wife overheard
online service Q-Link CEO Steve Case describe how he wanted to add a
voice to its user interface. In October, Edwards's voice premiered on
AOL's new program. The voice is only heard in the American version of
the software. In the UK version, a female voice (British actress
Joanna Lumley) is heard replacing "Welcome" with "Welcome to AOL" and
"You've got mail" with "You have e-mail" Also, "File's done" is
replaced with "Your files have been transferred".His voice has also
appeared in a 2000 episode of The Simpsons, "Little Big Mom" (where he
provided the voice of a virtual doctor, saying "You've got leprosy"),
and in advertising for the movie You've Got Mail.He started in radio
while in high school. After high school he continued into television,
working as a live booth announcer. Despite some on-air work, doing a
car commercial, reporting news or sports and even a short stint as a
weatherman (once proclaiming to New Bern, North Carolina, that "You've
got hail."), Edwards focused mainly on off-camera work.Semi-retired,
he used to sell personalized .wav files through his website.
is best known as the voice of the Internet service provider America
Online, which he first recorded in 1989. His greetings include
"Welcome", "You've got mail", "You've got pictures", "You've got
voicemail", "File's done", and "Goodbye", all recorded in his own
living room on a cassette deck. In 1989, Edwards's wife overheard
online service Q-Link CEO Steve Case describe how he wanted to add a
voice to its user interface. In October, Edwards's voice premiered on
AOL's new program. The voice is only heard in the American version of
the software. In the UK version, a female voice (British actress
Joanna Lumley) is heard replacing "Welcome" with "Welcome to AOL" and
"You've got mail" with "You have e-mail" Also, "File's done" is
replaced with "Your files have been transferred".His voice has also
appeared in a 2000 episode of The Simpsons, "Little Big Mom" (where he
provided the voice of a virtual doctor, saying "You've got leprosy"),
and in advertising for the movie You've Got Mail.He started in radio
while in high school. After high school he continued into television,
working as a live booth announcer. Despite some on-air work, doing a
car commercial, reporting news or sports and even a short stint as a
weatherman (once proclaiming to New Bern, North Carolina, that "You've
got hail."), Edwards focused mainly on off-camera work.Semi-retired,
he used to sell personalized .wav files through his website.
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