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Is that why Alexa, Siri, and OK Google, which are all wonderful, default to female voices?

• cookieswumchorr 4y ago
  this is just catering to the predominantly male audience of early tech adopters. I remember hearing that the landing assistant in soviet fighter jets has a female voice, because it has a soothing effect on the male pilots.
  • dymk 4y ago
    Sounds like bunk armchair psychology to me
  • iwillbenice 4y ago
    Not just the USSR! The UK and US did the same too! For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_warning_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_warning_system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7-yvXf6f8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7-yvXf6f8 My personal opinion is the "Bitching Betty" voice with its crisp instructions and authoritative tone makes us subliminally think of our mother giving us guidance or reprimand at an early age. It is a great design; it has saved a TON of pilot lives who otherwise would have accidentally perished.
  • tsol 4y ago
    No, it's because both sexes rate female voices as more soothing and trustworthy[1]. 1-- https://www.debbiegrattan.com/blog/why-trust-female-voice-over-male-voice/#:~:text=Soothing%20and%20Comforting%20Nature,re%20more%20inclined%20to%20trust https://www.debbiegrattan.com/blog/why-trust-female-voice-ov....