For what it is worth, here is an interview from just before the iPhone 5 was released on YouTube with Karen Jacobson, the source for the Australian Female voice named Karen on iPHones and GPS systems around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z5XYvtP04M
Richard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 9:33 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri voice for voice over Glad I read your message first, I was about to write one along the same lines, then I cancelled it because I thought why add more traffic to the list, but after I read your message I thought I also ask. I even Googled this and found references as to the real people whose voices are behind SIRI, e.g. the female US SIRI voice is based on Susan Bennett, but I didn't come across Aaron and Nicky anywhere. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of christopher hallsworth Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 12:05 AM To: Viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Siri voice for voice over Right. Can I ask, how the hell do you know the names of the Siri voices? Because on my iOS devides at least, all I get is "Siri Male", "Siri Female" etc. > On 20 Sep 2015, at 07:26, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Yeah I like the Siri voices for Voiceover too. I alternate between Gordon, > the Australian male Siri voice and Martha, the British female Siri voice. I > don't really care for the American siri voices, Aaron and Nicky, because > Nicky has lost her inflection she had in previous iOS versions and Aaron > kinda reminds me of Neospeech Paul. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk > Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs > Skype username: bbstheblindrapper > Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > >> On Sep 19, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I first upgraded my for S. And I tried both Siri voices and was very >> unhappy, because of the really long pauses between sentences and lines. But >> just recently, I bit the bullet and upgraded my 5S, which will soon be >> replaced with a 6S, whenever T-Mobile gets them in ships one out to me. >> Since my favorite female voice is not available for reading Kindle books on >> the iPhone, and since they have screwed it up on the android version of >> Kendall, where you get unnatural pauses between lines with that same voice, >> Kendra, I tried the Siri female voice. And I think I'm going to really try >> to live with it. It is certainly better than Samantha. 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