[1][2] 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. Semi-retired, he used to sell personalized .wav files through his website. Now, however, he’s turned to the road. Once you've secured your account and changed your password, it should help. Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox. Goodbye. Pour autoriser Verizon Media et nos partenaires à traiter vos données personnelles, sélectionnez 'J'accepte' ou 'Gérer les paramètres' pour obtenir plus d’informations et pour gérer vos choix. Whose voice is that on AOL telling subscribers "You've got mail," etc.? File’s done. 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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. [8][9][10], "Home page of El Edwards, the Voice of "You've got mail, "Watch The 'You've Got Mail' Guy Read Ridiculous One-Liners on 'Fallon, "This Woman Got an Uber Ride from the Voice Behind AOL's Iconic 'You've Got Mail' Message", https://www.20k.org/episodes/youvegotmail, https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/twenty-thousand-hertz/e/63929734, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twenty-thousand-hertz/id1171270672, "Meet the local voice of AOL's 'You've Got Mail, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elwood_Edwards&oldid=980550089, Articles with short description added by PearBOT 5, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 04:19. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. You’ve Got Mail: The Voice Behind AOL America Online celebrated its 35 th birthday on May 24, 2020. You’ve got mail. We want to hear from you. © 2020 CNBC LLC. dial-up and the iconic “You’ve got mail!” message, then you’re in good company.. 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". 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. E! Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Meet Elwood Edwards. You won't recognize his name or his face, but you've definitely heard him before -- Edwards is the voice behind AOL's "You've Got Mail" greeting. The voice is only heard in the American version of the software. You've Got Mail With Elwood Edwards. After high school he continued into television, working as a live booth announcer. [4], On the March 4, 2015, episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Edwards appeared on screen to read humorous phrases. You won't recognize his name or his face, but you've definitely heard him before -- Edwards is the voice behind AOL's "You've Got Mail" greeting. Her Uber driver was Elwood Edwards. He started in radio while in high school. He snagged the AOL gig thanks to his wife: she was working for early-stage AOL when CEO Steve Case began seeking someone to create a sample recording for the all-important greeting, and suggested her husband could do it. ", "My wife worked for a company called Quantum Computer Services that became AOL," Edwards told CNBC, "and in 1989 she volunteered my voice to [future CEO] Steve Case. T o me, three things perfectly symbolize the 90’s as a decade: Friends, Shaquille O’Neal, and AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail” voice.. Edwards’s payout for sharing the voice that would live in infamy was $200, he told Barker. [6][7] On September 16, 2019, Edwards and his AOL story were featured on the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz in an episode entitled "You've Got Mail". Email WAV mp3 files for your computer, phone or tablet at The Sound Archive. Got a confidential news tip? “His voice couldn’t have been more perfect. [5] As of November 2016, Edwards was seen on Instagram and YouTube working as an Uber driver. Learn how to fix problems with sending mail.... sending or composing mail. Goodbye.”. (The YouTube version of the short clip has received more than 150,000 views, too). Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. You've got mail! Découvrez comment nous utilisons vos informations dans notre Politique relative à la vie privée et notre Politique relative aux cookies. This Woman Got an Uber Ride from the Voice Behind AOL's Iconic 'You've Got Mail' Message By Raisa Bruner November 8, 2016 2:53 PM EST File's done. Like anyone who grew up with Edwards’s voice representing the shining gateway to the internet, Barker was suitably starstruck.