I tried sleep.fm once. The big problem for me is that the two voice options are either "overly dramatic American-accented movie trailer man" or "extremely bored-sounding American-accented woman", neither of whom I can deal with at six o'clock in the morning.

I'd pay good money for something a little less annoying and a little more customizable. Greet me by name, tell me what today is, what the weather is, how many new emails I have, remind me of anything I told it to remind me, and then launch into playing a song I like. It'd work better as a desktop app than a web app.

Thanks for the feedback Hugh! What voice or type of voice would better suit you?

Sexy female robot voice. Like in the movies. No, I am not joking.

Majel Barrett, please.

Thanks for the input & suggestions :).

I see Majel unfortunately passed in 2008. Here's a vid of here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USH7LaXXQ7k&feature=relat... and I learned she was the creator of Star Trek's wife. Interesting.

Here's hoping that her voice will someday be reconstituted from recordings the way Roger Ebert's was.