In iOS 14.5, Apple adds new voices to make Siri sound more like you - CNET

Siri, Apple’s voice assistant on more than 1 billion iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watch models, has had a woman’s voice as the default since the software was added to its popular smartphone in 2011 with the release of the iPhone 4S. Though Siri was initially limited to women’s voices, Apple added a male voice for Siri in 2013, with iOS 7. Apple’s decision to expand the voice assistant options for its popular iPhone comes as more companies embrace diversity and inclusion goals in all aspects of the tech that now powers most of our lives. It’s also been part of the evolution of Apple’s AI-driven voice software to recognize more accents, as some users have complained that Siri doesn’t understand them.
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Siri’s new voices are generated through Apple’s neural text-to-speech engine, which makes them sound more natural. While the original voice of Siri was created with a voice actor and then spliced together with machine learning models, the later voices are completely created by software, so they sound smoother.
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Instead of a default female voice, iOS 14.5 gives you four different Siri voices to choose from when you set up a new device.

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Apple’s new iPhone operating system iOS 14.5, now available for free download (though we recommend waiting a few days before downloading), brings several updated features to the Siri digital assistant, including new, more naturalistic voice options. Siri no longer has a default female voice when you set up a new Apple device — instead, you’ll be asked to choose from four voice options. If you aren’t buying a new iPhone anytime soon, you can still find the voice options under Settings and pick a new one if you like once you update your current device to iOS 14.5.
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