Thank you for this article.
Errata: My father, Dr. James Ford Lewis, was minister of the First Unitarian Church in Portland in '58-'60; he wasn't Portland's "first Unitarian minister." The church was founded here in 1867 (http://bit.ly/29ClQCp).  
I met Mr. Ellison at Sacramento City College, not at my own university.
At PCS, for "Astoria" I am coaching the Shoshoni language, not "Shoshona," which does not exist, and there is no such thing as "Scotch-Canadian patois." The Scots-Canadian accent is what I spoke of. The Iowa, Arikara, Hawaiian languages will also be heard, along with another 10+ accents of English. 
My work as OnStar's voice began with years of work at General Magic, where I recorded tens of thousands of prompts (rather than "a succession of responses") for a system, not doomed but premature, that supported 2.5 million users at its peak. (http://bit.ly/29Q7P7a).  And I am the longest-working pro voice in *speech recognition,* not in general. That would be some bold claim!