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"Voice 1" or "Voice 2": Siri will no longer necessarily be a man or a woman
French developers to the rescue of vaccination
Start-ups and industry, a marriage of convenience
Deliveroo misses its IPO
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Benjamin Ferran (capturedecrans@lefigaro.fr)
1. "Voice 1" or "Voice 2": Siri will no longer necessarily be a man or a woman
Apple will no longer set Siri to a default voice.
Previously, “Voice 1” was “Male”, and “Voice 2” was “Female”.
IPhone screenshot
Stop looking for the man or woman behind Siri.
Apple removes the mention of the genre in its famous voice assistant.
In the latest version of the iPhone software, Siri's voices are called “Voice 1” and “Voice 2” and no longer “Male” and “Female”, like the administrative forms labeled “Parent 1” and “Parent”. 2 ”.
And there is no more default setting.
The first time you launch the iPhone, you will be asked to choose one of the voices.
The context.
The designers of voice assistants, who have endowed them with female voices in most countries, are accused of propagating "gender stereotypes".
Siri, Alexa (Amazon), Cortana (Microsoft), Google Assistant are docile, obsequious.
They scramble to provide answers to their owners.
A 2019 Unesco report, often
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