Large transport flight crew has difficulty comprehending the computerized ATIS at den.

Attributes
ACN	356827
Time
Date	199612
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : den
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	356827
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Denver ATIS uses computer voice. Very garbled and almost impossible to understand. Written up before. Very evident that computer deliberately programmed to output garbled speech since only function of ATIS is communicate WX and airport information.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT FLC HAS DIFFICULTY COMPREHENDING THE COMPUTERIZED ATIS AT DEN.

Narrative: DENVER ATIS USES COMPUTER VOICE. VERY GARBLED AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND. WRITTEN UP BEFORE. VERY EVIDENT THAT COMPUTER DELIBERATELY PROGRAMMED TO OUTPUT GARBLED SPEECH SINCE ONLY FUNCTION OF ATIS IS COMMUNICATE WX AND ARPT INFO.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.