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iOS 17 Beta Adds Two New Siri Voices for British Users
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In light of Apple's recent announcement:
iPhone User: "Siri, make a FaceTime call to Reg."
Siri: "Sorry, I can't make FaceTime calls, because FaceTime is disabled. Would you like to place a call to MI5?"
iPhone User: "Siri, make a FaceTime call to Reg."
Siri: "Sorry, I can't make FaceTime calls, because FaceTime is disabled. Would you like to place a call to MI5?"
I'm English and live in the US, mine is currently set to British (Voice 1). My old boss, an American, had his set to the Aussie voice and would then imitate it all day in the office. 🫠
Would be interested to know which words you're referring to; the only ones I've encountered are place names or people names.
Voice 4 is called 'Multicultural London English' or MLE, and has displaced Cockney as the default accent in inner London, see this amazing video "A Tour of the Accents of England" where the chap does stunningly accurate impressions of each English region.
Ideally, there would be a voice for at least each part of the UK (e.g. Wales), but better still for each regional accent, complete with dialect options.
Similarly, for people elsewhere on Earth with their own distinct vocal patterns.
Similarly, for people elsewhere on Earth with their own distinct vocal patterns.
Do they remind people that iMessage and Messages may be disabled soon and one should find an alternative way of communicating?
Yeah, I miss the cockney accent having grown up in north east London.
Ugh re voice 4 - just horrid. I use the Irish female voice for my Siri.
Hey, that’s me!
I’ve been living the new British voices. I really hope other countries get more accents too.
I’ve been living the new British voices. I really hope other countries get more accents too.
I'm waiting for a proper English voice where I ask "Siri, remind me to go out for dessert on Tuesday" and when it's time, Siri tells me "it's chewsday innit bruv, time for a cheeky lil' Knickerbocker Glory or sumfing" 🇬🇧
I use Australian male because I like his voice the most, and I’m not Aussie myself
Love voices that sound a bit street (in real life, not just for my AIs), so this is great news! I switched to the USA Voice 3 to get my fix, but happy to come back to my home country for some London accent hotness. 😍
I’m less bothered by Siri’s range of accents than I am by the fact that he/she/they are still unable to understand the simplest of queries. ‘Hey Siri - show me directions to Sainsbury’s in Whitechapel’ ‘You want directions to Tesco in Milton Keynes, is that correct?’
I'm in the US. In the past if I used a British voice for Siri (I love a British female voice - are you listening Haley Atwell!), the voicemail transcription would not work. I have to use an American voice to get the voicemail transcription to work.
Does anyone know if that has changed? Thanks.
Does anyone know if that has changed? Thanks.
I’m in the UK and I have my Siri language set to UK but the voice I have set to American voice 3.
Disgusting tbh. There is no such thing as a British accent. It’s English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish.All English then for British voices?
Northern Ireland isn't part of Britain - although it is part of the United Kingdom