Is Siri a boy or a girl?

Siri actually has no gender (if you don't believe us, just ask it). Siri had a default female voice for many years, but you had the option to change it to a male voice instead. You can even give Siri six different accents: American, Australian, British, Indian, Irish, or South American.
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What is Siri's gender?

Siri doesn't have to sound female. One of the new features in iOS 15.4, released earlier this week, is a new, gender-neutral voice for Siri. Apple developed the gender-neutral voice in response to criticism for using female voices as the default for the virtual assistant.
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Is Siri a real girl?

Susan Alice Bennett (née Cameron, born July 31, 1949) is an American voice actress and a former backup singer for Roy Orbison and Burt Bacharach. She is best known as the female American voice of Apple's Siri personal assistant, since the service was introduced on the iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011.
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How do I make Siri a boy?

Steps to change Siri's Voice
  1. Go to Settings, Siri & Search.
  2. Tap on Siri Voice.
  3. Now choose the accent you want.
  4. Finally, you need to make your choice on whether you want a male or female voice.
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What's the name of the male Siri?

1) British Siri.

“Daniel,” the accented male voice that iPhone users hear in Britain, is allegedly a former tech reporter named Jon Briggs.
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Is there a black Siri voice?

Last year it added two Siri options recorded by Black voice actors. Details: The voice, option number 5 in the Siri UI menu, was added with the beta versions of iOS 15.4 that were released to developers and the public on Tuesday.
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Can Siri be a man?

To access Siri's options on iOS 10, first open the Settings and then tap “Siri.” Next, tap on “Siri Voice”, which you can see here is “American (Female)” by default. In the Siri Voice options, you can choose between American, Australian, and British. Below the accents, you can assign Siri a male or female gender.
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Why is Siri not talking?

Check if "Hey Siri" is on

Go to Settings. Tap Siri & Search. From here, make sure the following settings are turned on: Listen for "Hey Siri"
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Why is Siri named Siri?

Who came up with the name? Kittalaus did. As he revealed at a startup conference in Chicago this week, he planned to name his daughter Siri after a former coworker (in Norwegian, Siri means "beautiful woman who leads you to victory") and even registered the domain Siri.com.
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Is Alexa a real person?

Characteristically secretive, Amazon has never revealed the name of the voice artist behind Alexa. I learned her identity after canvasing the professional voice-over community: Boulder, Colorado–based voice actress and singer Nina Rolle.
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Is Siri a robot?

Due to the fact that Siri is essentially a robot, her voice lacks emotional, rhythmic, and other culturally acquired sound characteristics prevalent in the human voice.
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Is Alexa a girl?

Just days after announcing new celebrity voices for Alexa, Amazon has begun rolling out a default male voice to go along with Alexa's famous female voice. Aside from a couple celebrity voices that only answer to key phrases, Alexa's voice has been exclusively female—until now, that is.
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How do I change Siri to Quinn?

To change the voice or accent of your smart assistant:
  1. Open Settings.
  2. Tap 'Siri & Search'
  3. Tap 'Siri Voice'
  4. In the 'Variety' section, choose between American, Australian, British, Indian, Irish or South African.
  5. In the 'Voice' section, tap through the options and choose your favourite.
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Can I change Siri's name?

Especially with Siri having a male voice now, you might want to customize the name. Maybe you want to pretend you have a butler named Bazil, or whatever strikes your fancy. Most people state that you cannot change Siri's name.
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How do I change Siri to Yoda?

Change Siri's voice in iOS
  1. Open the Settings app, then tap Siri & Search.
  2. Tap on Siri Voice.
  3. Choose the accent and voice you wish.
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Who is Siri's new voice?

Apple's user-facing interface simply calls it “Voice 5,” but iOS developer Steve Moser reports that its filename refers to the new voice as “Quinn.” The voice has arrived a little under a year after Apple added its last two American Siri voices, and stopped defaulting to using a female-sounding voice.
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Who is the original Siri voice?

Even if you're not familiar with the name Susan Bennett, you'd likely recognize her voice. As the original Siri, Bennett became a dependable presence in many iPhone users' lives, responding to various inquiries and fulfilling spoken commands.
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Can you get Siri to swear?

If you want to make Siri cuss at you, you just have to ask Siri this by saying, “ Hey Siri can you define a mother.” After asking that Siri will provide us with the standard definition that we know after that Siri asks us that “ would, you like to hear another definition of this word “ and when you say yes after saying ...
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How old is the Siri?

Siri was released as an app for iOS in February 2010. Two months later, Apple acquired it and integrated into iPhone 4S at its release on 4 October, 2011, removing the separate app from the iOS App Store.
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How old is the Siri voice?

The 72-year-old woman admitted that she dedicated long hours of practice for the recording of this voice AI. With the help of ScanSoft, she managed to finish the voice-acting project thanks to a five-day weekly practice. Of course, we assumed that Apple originally created this voice AI, but that's not the case here.
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