Carolyn Hopkins
Carolyn Hopkins is an American public service announcer. Hopkins' recorded voice announcements are heard in major transportation systems around the world.Career
Hopkins' recorded announcements range from service status updates to safety tips. Her voice can be heard in more than 200 airports over the world; including Denver International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Incheon International Airport and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. She has also recorded for such public transit systems as the New York City Subway, the Staten Island Ferry, Grand Central Terminal, and the Paris Métro.
Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Hopkins’ first voice recording was for RCA in Indianapolis; while her first airport service announcement was for O’Hare International Airport.
When co-founder Hardy Martin and three other partners started IED, they chose Hopkins as one of their first voices. It was for the Typhoon Lagoon attraction at Disney World in Florida in 1989.
Hopkins records all the public address announcements from her home studio in Hampden, Maine and sends them via email.
She made the voice recordings for the new World Trade Center in New York City. "I was so thrilled to do those," Hopkins said, "because it made me feel like things were becoming whole again. To read out those locations, that station, ‘World Trade Center’, made such a difference to me.”
Hopkins was named one of the 500 most important people in history, according to Mental Floss Magazine in December 2015.
According to Hopkins, she has ridden the New York City Subway just once, in 1957.
As of 2016, Hopkins still records for IED from her home.
