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Siri Will No Longer Default to a Female Voice From Now On

March 31, 2021Delta MediaLeave a Comment

Siri’s default female voice might be iconic, but it will also soon no longer be the default English language voice for Apple’s AI speech assistant. As reported by TechCrunch, Apple is changing things up in the latest beta version of iOS—requiring that users pick a voice for Siri, rather than giving them one as standard. […]

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