speaking clock

noun

1. a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time

Example Sentences

David in Cramlington: Joe Root could be the voice of the speaking clock as his timing is immaculate.

From BBC

On the subject of presumably competitively priced after-dinner speakers, what a week to learn that Theresa May has been signed up to the circuit, believed to have fought off a bid from the speaking clock for her services.

From The Guardian

We are surrounded by machine voices, and think nothing of conversing with them – though each time I hear my car tell me where to turn left I am reminded of my grandmother, who having installed a telephone late in life used to routinely say goodnight to the speaking clock.

From The Guardian

Keeping On Keeping On features a rant about the decline of the Speaking Clock service, in particular the fact that the clock now speaks with, of all things, an American accent.

From Slate

And there is quite a bit of grousing about the classical music radio station Classic FM, whose slide into outright degeneracy seems if possible more shockingly debased than that of the Speaking Clock.

From Slate