Elwood Edwards

Elwood Edwards (born November 6, 1949) is an American voice over actor. He is best known as the voice of the Internet service provider America Online, which he first recorded in 1989. His greetings include Welcome, Youve got mail, Youve got pictures, Youve got voicemail, Files done. and Goodbye., all recorded in his own living room on a cassette deck. In 1989, Edwardss wife overheard online service Q-Link CEO Steve Case describe how he wanted to add a voice to its user interface. In October, Edwardss voice premiered on AOLs new program. The voice is only heard in the American version of the software. In the UK version, a female voice is heard replacing Welcome. with Welcome to AOL. and Youve got mail. with You have e-mail. Also Files done. is replaced with Your files have been transferred.His voice has also appeared in an episode of The Simpsons (where he provided the voice of a virtual doctor, saying Youve got leprosy), and in advertising for the movie Youve Got Mail.He started in radio while in high school. After high school he continued into television, working as a live booth announcer. 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 Youve got hail.), Edwards focused mainly on off-camera work.Semi-retired, he used to sell personalized .wav files through his website.On the March 4, 2015 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Edwards appeared on screen to read humorous phrases. As of November 2016, Edwards was seen on Instagram and YouTube working as a driver for Uber.

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