"Hey Siri, turn on the lights in my office."
"Listen mate, you're 'avin' a fackin' larf if you fink I'm gonna do dat..."
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iOS 17 Beta Adds Two New Siri Voices for British Users
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"Listen mate, you're 'avin' a fackin' larf if you fink I'm gonna do dat..."
I’ve been using the equivalent of American voice 4 for years. But if a Stephen Fry voice became available, I would change in a heartbeat.
Better voices are overdue. The current ones are so far behind the new AI voices you can find elsewhere.
There needs to be more variety - Brummie, Geordie, Glaswegian, Manchester and West Country accents would be great - of course they'd also need to add Welsh dialects and Scouse to the mix, if they go that far.
Nah, it’s London, but it’s like ‘I’m from a working class area, but I have a middle class career, and shop at Waitrose, but still like to keep in touch with my roots’ voice.
Could you imagine Gabby Agbonlahor, Sting, Billy Connolly all on Siri?
I’m from London originally but I live in Scotland. It’s pretty remarkable how Apple has managed to recreate an MLE accent so convincingly. I think it’s good that people have a choice of RP and regional accents.
However, Apple really needs to understand that ‘British’ is not just ‘English’. Let’s say, I dunno, 4 or 5 million London people speak with an MLE accent. Scotland’s population, which is greater, still does not have a Siri accent. I’d really like to hear accents from other UK countries.
However, Apple really needs to understand that ‘British’ is not just ‘English’. Let’s say, I dunno, 4 or 5 million London people speak with an MLE accent. Scotland’s population, which is greater, still does not have a Siri accent. I’d really like to hear accents from other UK countries.