Barbra Streisand Called Tim Cook to Fix Siri's Mispronunciation of Her Name

[hlfway2anywhere]

Can't you just correct Siri yourself? That's what I've been doing for years.

For your contacts yes. Most of us probably don't have Barbara Streisand in our address book.

 

[Xgm541]

This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is called "privilege".

 

[Westside guy]

I have to wonder just how often Siri is even asked about Ms. Streisand...

 

[BeardMan7]

Barbra doesn't want to know, how her name is pronounced with the german voice of Siri.

 

[Westside guy]

For your contacts yes. Most of us probably don't have Barbara Streisand in our address book.

I've been trying to get her to remove me from her Contact List for years, without success. She keeps calling me to correct how I pronounce her name.

 

[YegorH]

What's Tim's number, guys? I know around 6 billion people whose names aren't pronounced correctly.

In Barbara's case, Siri doesn't pronounce her name incorrectly, it just says: "That name is no longer relevant... and barely has ever been."

 

[cube]

It is fair to get special treatment if Siri is telling your name wrong to many thousands of people, and the fix would not work just for her, I guess.

How many people will check Siri for the wrong pronunciation now?

 

[Solomani]

Me: "Siri, how do you pronounce Barbara Streisand?"

Siri: "Bozo"

 

[Darr247]

agreed to have Siri change the pronunciation of my name finally, with the next update on September 30th.

I take that to mean the next update of Siri, not the entire OS.

 

[ibookg409]

Obviously a very minor issue to everyone, if an issue at all. But to her I can see how it would be an annoyance being a public figure and the fix, I'm sure was a simple one for Apple to accommodate. I reckon its nice to have connections.

So she has to go right to the CEO? It seems a a bit snooty and elitist to me.

 

[S.B.G]

So she has to go right to the CEO? It seems a a bit snooty and elitist to me.

Is he (Tim Cook) some high and mighty monarch who is to remain unapproachable?

 

[JosephAW]

Are they going to fix it for iOS 9 and earlier?

 

[MacDawg]

MR appears to be populated with the most unhappy, miserable, entitled whiners from everywhere on the planet
This lot will complain about any and everything

 

[IJ Reilly]

People, people who have ego
Are the most egotistical
People in the world.

 

[JosephAW]

Apple would set a precedent by doing this. Other celebrities and political figures would want a custom pronunciation as well and next thing you know 5gb of your iOS is custom speech library.
Just say no Tim.

 

[RadioGaGa1984]

Besides, Streisand is one of the top gay icons, so maybe Cook was thrilled to get it fixed for her.

Yea my last boyfriend and I broke up over S&M issues. He was Streisand fan and I've always been more partial to Midler.

 

[iamgalt]

First world problems. Imagine how hard it must have been 10 years ago without an interactive assistant....

I think first world problems start to look like actual problems when compared Ms. (sorry, Mz.) Streisand's problems.

 

[cube]

So she has to go right to the CEO? It seems a a bit snooty and elitist to me.

You don't know how this went. How many average people send him email and get an answer back?

 

[thisisnotmyname]

Now the entire internet is going to pronounce her name StreiZand. StreiZand effect 2.0

 

[JosephAW]

Excuse me? How does she have the ability to speak to him on the phone and we can only send an email him to a mailbox he never reads.

 

[69Mustang]

I don't get it. Isn't the "s" in sand a sharp "s"? To me, a soft "s" is, for instance, the one in "reason".

Reason is not spoken with a soft s. It's spoken with a z sound. The phonetic spelling also shows z : ˈrēzən.

So she has to go right to the CEO? It seems a a bit snooty and elitist to me.

Shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Who else was she going to go to to get her issue resolved? An Apple Store Pro Genius Expert Level 40 Pokemon Go Mobile Suit Gundam?

Do I think her issue important or merited a response? Of course not. But at least she knew the best avenue to take to get her issue solved. Didn't need solving, imo, but that's neither here nor there.

 

[ibookg409]

Is he (Tim Cook) some high and mighty monarch who is to remain unapproachable?

Do I have the same access to Tim Cook if I have a complaint?

 

[69Mustang]

Yea my last boyfriend and I broke up over S&M issues. He was Streisand fan and I've always been more partial to Midler.

Oh, now that's good. Really good. +1

 

[Solomani]

Apple would set a precedent by doing this. Other celebrities and political figures would want a custom pronunciation as well and next thing you know 5gb of your iOS is custom speech library.
Just say no Tim.

And Kenya West would demand that Tim Cook change the Sirian pronunciation of his name to "God"

 

[S.B.G]

Do I have the same access to Tim Cook if I have a complaint?

I don't know who you are, so maybe you do, maybe you don't.

Regardless, I don't see the problem here. If she knows him and has access to him, why shouldn't she ask for the favor? I would if I had the opportunity and availability.