Apple changes British & Australian Siri voices on HomePod

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  • Reply 21 of 25
    macguimacgui Posts: 2,669member
    Do you people actually believe the voice synthesis teams are the same people doing the AI algorithm and deep learning work?
    No, I don't. Why do you ask?
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  • Reply 22 of 25
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    JanNL said:
    MacPro said:
    JanNL said:
    As there is no option to buy a HomePod in the Netherlands, I bought two in France and chose English (UK).

    And indeed, today Siri is a different person  :) (a lot less snooty British ;) )
    Good thing then, I can't stand that snooty English I prefer the USA voice to that.
    True, but there's one problem: my English is a bit British  :/  (so the UK Siri "understands" me better...)
    I think you can have Siri's listening in English UK and the spoken part in American English ...  (I could be wrong, I'll experiment).  I am UK born now in the USA by the way and after 30 years here it is amazing how I now perceive various English accents.
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  • Reply 23 of 25
    avon b7avon b7 Posts: 8,341member
    The Spanish Spanish female voice got far worse a few generations ago and needs to be re-evaluated and corrected.

    The next big thing should be multi lingual support. There are serious shortcomings in that area.
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  • Reply 24 of 25
    mcdavemcdave Posts: 1,927member
    mcdave said:
    I wish Apple wouldn’t asume dialect & accent are regional or related to the voice you choose.  Look at their own workforce then practice the diversity they preach.
    What do you mean?
    My wife & I are from different countries and we live in a third country.  Neither of us have the local accent/dialect so we’re caught in a netherworld.  I think Apple employs people from all across the world who will have the same displacement issue so they must have encountered this.
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  • Reply 25 of 25
    mcdave said:
    mcdave said:
    I wish Apple wouldn’t asume dialect & accent are regional or related to the voice you choose.  Look at their own workforce then practice the diversity they preach.
    What do you mean?
    My wife & I are from different countries and we live in a third country.  Neither of us have the local accent/dialect so we’re caught in a netherworld.  I think Apple employs people from all across the world who will have the same displacement issue so they must have encountered this.
    So you’re annoyed thay Apple hasn’t done English in every possible accent? Covering as many languages as they do already is pretty impressive. 
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