Why are we changing the world for a tiny minority of people? Leave male and female alone
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iOS 14.5 Adds New Siri Voices, No Longer Defaults to Female
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Of course you have Bernie as your profile pic. Lol.
Apple needs to pay Disney whatever it wants to have Paul Bettany voice Jarvis and be a selectable voice
I mean, honestly, it doesn’t bother me much. It’s to please the woke crowd, sure, but it doesn’t affect me as Siri freaking sucks to begin with.
I know I agree with you but it’s crazy
What does this mean? 38 devices? That’s not very many, which could explain why Siri still is quite bad in many situations. I suppose you mean ”38 countries”. Otherwise, I can’t make much sense of this sentence.
Wow. Someone actually includes men when referring to equality. How long before the feminists protest they are being marginalized?
Let it go. Go to your safe space. Fox news is on 24/7. There's also Breitbart....
How is that on topic, if you think removing gender to support a 0.000001% of the world then good for you and nothing wrong with fox news
This is the kind of nonsense Apple prioritizes - defaulting to a neutral voice so as not to hurt feeings rather than making Siri actually work properly.
Stuff like this is red meat to keep their local ordinances happy.
For the rest of us: just get Siri better.
For the rest of us: just get Siri better.
Siri: "I'm sorry Doug. I'm afraid I can't do that."
Those complaining about it not saying male or female must have missed the part where it says there are four voices to choose from now. So numbering those voices really isn’t a big deal or some social justice warrior plot against your frail sensibilities.
I can just see the Siri team in a meeting.
Scene:
INTERIOR - Apple Park
SIRI TEAM MEMBER #1
Damn Tim is gonna be pissed when he hears that we have bupkis for the next release and no idea on how to make Siri not suck
SIRI TEAM MEMBER #2
Hey, we could tweak the voices and change some options and call it Siri inclusion and diversity. Should be able to have it done by end of the day. Marketing will know how to spin this into a "leading industry innovation" story and Tim will be thrilled. And our asses will not only be saved, but be the asses of the 14.5 heroes
APPLAUSE SIRI TEAM MEMBERS
Who would have thought
No they said it was because they are more diverse and in the U.K. still has 2 not 4, who would have thought saying logic now days and facts is offensive
As many have said - each year we seem to get improvements to the voice experience of Siri, yet as a useful technology, it seems to be no better than it was when it was first introduced in the 4s.
Siri still doesn't seem to understand me, gets things wrong and on the rare moments when it is useful, simply returns snippets from Wikipedia (that I could've easily searched for in Safari).
Why is Siri still so bad? Serious question.
Moreover, I have a suspicion that the interface for setting up new reminders and appointments in their respective apps, have been a less than stellar UX for years, simply because:
Apple thinks that you are using Siri to do this
OR
They want to push you to Siri to do this.
How else can you explain iOS 14's new date picker and time entry in calendar and reminders?
Siri still doesn't seem to understand me, gets things wrong and on the rare moments when it is useful, simply returns snippets from Wikipedia (that I could've easily searched for in Safari).
Why is Siri still so bad? Serious question.
Moreover, I have a suspicion that the interface for setting up new reminders and appointments in their respective apps, have been a less than stellar UX for years, simply because:
Apple thinks that you are using Siri to do this
OR
They want to push you to Siri to do this.
How else can you explain iOS 14's new date picker and time entry in calendar and reminders?
Or better yet, Vision from the Avengers. ?