In the article they are saying that in the U.S and four other countries the voice of the iPhone Assistant is a female name Siri, but in France and UK it’s a male. You are able to ask question to her like if she was a real human. For example, “What are you wearing?” and she would answer and say “Why are you asking me that?” Before they had male voices but one male lied at changed it to female’s voices. Also because having the women voice they said it brings back memories from World War 2, when their voices where employed to the airplanes cockpits. Most companies have an auto female voice then put them in the GPS navigation system. They were arguing weather the Siri voice was brilliant or sexist. When explaining why Siri was brilliant, they had her in the voice for a text-free-app and they all loved it. The when it came to the sexist part, Siri was Rebecca Zorach said “Not Necessarily”. In My Opinion I believe having a women’s voice as an assistant help you out is more better then a male. Why because you are going to pay attention more and having a better understanding to communicate, which they said women’s are good at it.
Pilla, very interesting. I would always wondered why it was a female voice when it came to electronics. Now I know, thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is intersting, I kinda figured that all the electronics had a female voice in it, I would always hear a female's voice instead of a males. I also agree with you and think it's better, we do pay more attention, I believe.
ReplyDeletePricilla, this is an interesting article. It explains the use of of female voices in World War II and also helps readers understand why most computer voices are female. Please remember to post the link of your article on your blog.
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