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Did he sign any non disclosure contract with Apple?

If not, then he is free to speak and Apple ****! Oh Apple, your products are overall good, but ****, you are so petty.
Given that Apple allegedly called him to ask him to not make any further comment regarding this, it stands to reason that Apple has some sort of non-disclosure agreement in its possession. Apple is sometimes quite aggressive in opposing violation of such agreements, but I can't see what grounds the company would have for approaching him in the absence of such an agreement.
 
Given that Apple allegedly called him to ask him to not make any further comment regarding this, it stands to reason that Apple has some sort of non-disclosure agreement in its possession. Apple is sometimes quite aggressive in opposing violation of such agreements, but I can't see what grounds the company would have for approaching him in the absence of such an agreement.

Well, maybe but the story says Briggs pointed out that he wasn't an Apple employee and he recorded the voices six years ago for a separate company. He hasn't heard from Apple since., so I expect the likelyhood is low ; especially since in other articles he states he has no contract with Apple:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...iri-revealed-Jon-Briggs-The-Weakest-Link.html
 
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Ridiculous

If he doesn't have a contract with Apple then what the hell Apple thinks they are.
Apple looks more and more like that 1984 add.
I like their Computers and their OS (except Lion) but last few years they became more and more control freaks.
 
No wonder Apple is upset!

We all thought Siri was a woman! Daniel, you kill joy.
 
I want to know who Siri's voice in Australia is (it's a different female voice to the US Siri). I'm in love and need to marry her asap. :)
 
I'am sorry but I do not like bloke's voice. I know Siri is IT but I rather prefer female that is why I changed to American voice and have a female.
 
They should let you download new voices from iTunes. BT used to let you choose who reads out text messages sent to your land line (they may do so still, I don't know) - the Brian Blessed one was ace!

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Oh, and everyone's assuming that Apple were an arse about it - how do you know they didn't just ask nicely, as a favour?
 
They should get Majel Barrett to record the voice. Thousand of Trek nerds dreams would come true.

Is that the computer? I would DEFINITELY buy that on iTunes.

Also, the voice of Zen from Blake's Seven would be good.
 
In a way it's a bit of an own goal Apple NOT making it public who the respective Siri voices are. It's what makes it human. What the intention of Siri is to do is to be as close to human as possible. Declaring that human behind the voice makes it even more human, not robotic.
 
They should get Majel Barrett to record the voice. Thousand of Trek nerds dreams would come true.

Except she passed away in 2008, 2 weeks after finishing her voice over work for J.J. Abrams Star Trek. Maybe with all the clips she recorded over time they could do something with all of that though.
 
Well, maybe but the story says Briggs pointed out that he wasn't an Apple employee and he recorded the voices six years ago for a separate company. He hasn't heard from Apple since., so I expect the likelyhood is low

Let's see what Mister Benjamin Franklin has to say about that.

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Wait, you don't use dollars? What kind of cockamamie country are you running here?
 
I love how arrogant Apple is thinking they could tell him not to do it.

I like how he told them to basically go pound sand.

Nice was it not. So Steve is gone but Apple still paranoid and controlling as ever.

Yes Apple he is not your employee, actually most of the world does not work for you so get over it. :rolleyes:

To bad we can't pick which voice we want when it comes to Siri, the female voice is annoying reminds me of Anime characters. :eek:

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In a way it's a bit of an own goal Apple NOT making it public who the respective Siri voices are. It's what makes it human. What the intention of Siri is to do is to be as close to human as possible. Declaring that human behind the voice makes it even more human, not robotic.

To bad people at Apple did not see it this way, which actually I like knowing that the voice is coming from someone real and still alive. Gives it a more human touch.

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More like the US is sex-restrictive. I find Canadians to be much more sexually liberated.

Cheers,

Not all of us are, just half the country or so. The rest of us could care less.

Ever watch TorchWood, no big deal the stuff that went on in every other episode. Don't clump the hicks with the rest of us liberals.
 
Yes, the voice is directly determined by your language/region setting for Siri. It's somewhere under Settings -> General. For English, you can choose between US, UK, and Australian dialects.

Each one comes with its own distinct voice, but changing that setting also completely changes the voice recognition, and the dialectic aspects of what Siri says and understands. So if your goal is to get Siri to talk with a British male voice, the accuracy will be less unless you also talk to Siri in (a passable approximation of some type of) a British accent, and perhaps also use British instead of American expressions, where relevant.

That's what I thought -- thanks for confirming that. I don't want to change the voice it expects me to use in order to try out the other Siri voices.
 
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I'm British and have lived in the uk all my life. I use Australian Siri because it feels more natural to have a women in there. I also find she understands better. Use what ever works. US Siri gets things truly wrong and hillarious, eg rude
 
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