Talking Tech for July 12 2016

An Interview With the Australian Voice Of Siri

 

In this episode of Talking Tech Stephen talks with Karen Jacobson who’s voice was used for the basis of the Karen voice that VoiceOver on iOS/OS X, GPs devices, and other systems use.

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