Editing Speaking clock (section)

=== Netherlands ===

On 1 October 1930, a system was installed in the [[Haarlem]] telephone exchange (automated in 1925) which indicated the time using a series of tones, accessed by the number 15290.<ref>Weet u misschien ook......?, Historisch overzicht van het telecomdistrict Haarlem, J. Wurkum, 5 maart 1992</ref>

In 1934, electronic engineer and inventor F.H. Leeuwrik built a speaking clock for the municipal telephone service of [[The Hague]] using [[photodetector|optically recorded]] speech, looping on a large drum. The female voice was provided by the then 24-year-old school teacher Cor Hoogendam, hence the machine was nicknamed ''Tante Cor'' (Aunt Cor).<ref name="doorverbinden1981_tijd">''Ik zal u doorverbinden,'' C.J. Wulffraat et al., in ''Honderd jaar telefoon,'' ed. J.H. Schuilenga et al., Staatsbedrijf der Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie, 's-Gravenhage, 1981, p. 215</ref>

In 1969, this system was replaced by a magnetic disk machine resembling a [[phonograph|record player]] with three pick-up arms, telling the time at 10 second intervals followed by a beep. The text was spoken by actress Willie Brill. The service was now called over 130 million times a year.

In April 1992, the machinery was replaced by a digital device with no moving parts. The voice was provided by actress Joke Driessen and the clock's accuracy is maintained by linking it to the German longwave radio transmitter [[DCF77]]. To comply with international guidelines limiting double-zero to use as an international prefix, the 002 number was changed on 3 December 1990<ref name="nul19901203">[http://kranten.delpher.nl/nl/view/index?coll=ddd&image=ddd%3A010963616%3Ampeg21%3Aa0198 06 straks ook voor tijd en weerbericht], Het Vrije Volk, 16 November 1990</ref> to 06–8002, and later to 0900–8002. The service still receives approximately four million calls a year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muscom.nl/collecties/telefonischetijdmelders.php |title=Telefonische tijdmelders, ''Museum voor Communicatie'', The Hague, Netherlands |access-date=2014-04-23 |archive-date=2014-04-23 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140423095554/http://www.muscom.nl/collecties/telefonischetijdmelders.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>