Editing Speaking clock (section)

=== Finland ===
[[Image:Machinery of Neiti Aika in Rupriikki Media Museum.JPG|thumb|Neiti Aika ("Mrs Time", speaking clock) at [[Rupriikki Media Museum]] in [[Tampere]], Finland]]
In Finland the speaking clock service is known as ''Neiti Aika'' in [[Finnish language|Finnish]] or ''Fröken Tid'' in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], both of which mean "Miss Time". The first Neiti Aika service was started in 1936 and was the first automated phone service in Finland.<ref>[[Helsingin Sanomat]] / Kulttuuri, 3.5.2002, [http://www.hs.fi/kirjat/artikkeli/Sellainen+on+puhelin/HS20020503SI1KU03b9y Sellainen on puhelin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012232303/http://www.hs.fi/kirjat/artikkeli/Sellainen+on+puhelin/HS20020503SI1KU03b9y |date=2007-10-12 }} (in Finnish)</ref> The service is provided by regional phone companies by dialling 10061 from any part of the country. The voice of the speaking clock is male or female depending on the phone company service.<ref name=mr_aika>''[[Turun Sanomat]]'', 29.10.2004, [http://www.turunsanomat.fi/kotimaa/?ts=1,3:1002:0:0,4:2:0:1:2004-10-29,104:2:261825,1:0:0:0:0:0: Neiti Aika vaihtui herraksi Satakunnassa]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in Finnish)</ref> Nowadays{{When|date=December 2020}} the use of the Neiti Aika service has decreased significantly, and the press officer of [[TeliaSonera|Auria]], the regional phone company of [[Turku]], stated in an article of the ''[[Turun Sanomat]]'' newspaper that when the company started the service in 1938 it was used 352,310 times in its starting year, compared to 1,300 times in September 2006.<ref>[[Turun Sanomat]], 29.10.2006, [http://www.turunsanomat.fi/ajassa/?ts=1,3:1007:0:0,4:7:0:1:2006-10-29,104:7:415317,1:0:0:0:0:0: Ajalla monta näyttäjää Turussa - Oi aikoja, oi tapoja tsekata se]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in Finnish)</ref>