Becoming the voice of Siri… by accident?
Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
When Siri launched in 2011, she permanently changed the way people interacted with their technology. What was it like to be the voice behind that voice? And how did they make that voice come to life? Featuring the original voice of Siri, voice actor Susan Bennett, and Director of Speech to Text Technology for Nuance, Dr. Andrew Breen.
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