| Darby Bailey | |
| Caption: | "Voice of Tellme” |
| Birth Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah, US |
| Nationality: | American |
| Other Names: | Darby, Darby McDonough |
| Alma Mater: | Regent University, Antioch University Los Angeles, University of Utah, Western Governors University |
| Occupation: | Voice actor, Musician, Information Technologist, Songwriter, and Businesswoman |
| Known For: | Voice of Tellme, Amex, Verizon and AT&T 4-1-1 |
| Yearsactive: | 1999–present |
Darby Bailey is an American actress, Ph.D. candidate, Information Technologist, voice-over artist, musician, songwriter, writer/producer, and businesswoman.[1] She is most known as the 'Voice of Tellme' and the voice of Verizon[2] and AT&T's 4-1-1 Directory Assistance.[3] Her voice has been heard trillions of times by telephone callers in the U.S. since she first started voicing phone systems in 1999.[4]
While most known for being the 'Voice of Tellme' and Verizon and AT&T's 4-1-1,[5] [6] she is also the entry voice to various interactive voice response (IVR) systems for American Express, Fidelity Investments, United Parcel Service and inside Ford Sync enabled automobiles.[7] She also voiced Utah's 511 Travel Line to coincide with the 2002 Winter Olympics.[8] Her voice has been heard billions of times in the United States by callers using Tellme built systems. She is known for her winsome voice.[9] [10]
On October 8, 2005, in a Saturday Night Live sketch called 'Julie The Operator Lady' her voice was parodied, as she was at the time, voicing a broad number of phone services, including being the first voice actor to voice both the 1-800-FANDANGO movie phone ticketing system and the Orbitz Travel alert systems,[11] as well as the first voice interactive version of the AT&T, 1-800-555-1212, Directory Assistance line[12]
Darby appeared as herself in a 2003 television episode of CBS news program Sunday Morning where she was interviewed by David Pogue for her work voicing speech enabled telephone systems.