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> A computer assistant doesn't have a gender so why should it represent itself as male or female A human has to be in the recording booth to create the vocal
by ihuman 8y ago
> A computer assistant doesn't have a gender so why should it represent itself as male or female
A human has to be in the recording booth to create the vocal library. Also you can change the Siri voice to not only be Male, but also have a different accent.
- uryga 8y ago> A human has to be in the recording booth to create the vocal library. do they? i mean, we're not great at synthesizing natural-sounding voices yet, but that's a technical challenge – not something inherent to the problem.
- int_19h 8y agoWhat would make it "natural-sounding", though? What if that happens to include gender stereotypes? I don't think it's possible to assert that it's purely a technical challenge before we understand the goal clearly, beyond "I'll know it when I hear it".