Becoming the voice of Siri… by accident?

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2016

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

When Siri launched in 2011, she permanently changed the way people interacted with their technology. What was it like to be the voice behind that voice? And how did they make that voice come to life? Featuring the original voice of Siri, voice actor Susan Bennett, and Director of Speech to Text Technology for Nuance, Dr. Andrew Breen. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced out of the studios of Defacto Sound and hosted by Dallas Taylor. Consider supporting the show at donate.20k.org Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/siri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz, the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
0:06.6	I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:08.2	This is the story of the voice that launched a thousand apps.
0:12.0	I'm Siri, your virtual assistant.
0:14.2	Or rather, voices.
0:15.5	I'm Siri.
0:16.0	I'm Siri.
0:17.0	I'm Siri.
0:18.0	Your virtual assistant.
0:19.0	It's also a fun toy.
0:22.6	Siri, beatbox for me. Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats and boots.
0:26.6	I could do this all day.
0:28.6	But it's so much more than that.
0:31.6	Having a smart computer in your pocket that you can talk to any time can be kind of comforting.
0:36.6	Siri, I'm sad.
0:38.3	Life, as I understand it, is sad, beautiful, and everything in between.
0:42.3	I would give you a shoulder to cry on Dallas if I had one.
0:46.3	Can I be your friend?
0:47.3	You've been my friend since day one, Dallas.
0:50.3	Apple launched Siri in 2011 with the iPhone 4S.
0:55.1	As the first interactive automated personal assistant, Siri changed what people thought their phones could do.
1:00.5	She changed what they thought technology could do.
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