The latest update to the iOS 14.5 beta won’t fix all of our gripes with Siri, but it does introduce a few major changes for Apple’s digital assistant. For starters, Siri will no longer be feminine by ...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And then there was the Woman, and the Woman was with God, and the Woman said to God, “let it be done unto me according ...

Studies have long shown that men are more likely to interrupt, particularly when speaking with women. New research by Johns Hopkins engineers reveals that this behavior also extends to AI-powered ...

A soft-spoken, middle-aged woman slides into a chair in a small, bare room at George Washington University’s Speech and Hearing Center, then smiles at the clinician sitting across from her. After a ...

For a long time, Apple’s Siri voice assistant used a female voice. It was originally the voice of the voice-over artist (and former Roy Orbison backup singer) Susan Bennett. Later, Apple began adding ...

Voice assistants have historically been female. From Siri and Alexa to Cortana and the Google Assistant, most computerized versions of administrative assistants launched with a female voice and, in ...

Erica Cirulli described the beginning of her transition from presenting as a man to a woman as a methodical one. She identified several "pillars" on which to focus initially, including coming out to ...

As an actor, your voice breathes life into a character, tells a story, and can shift the mood of an entire scene. To truly become someone else, it may be necessary to manipulate the natural cadence, ...

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