Virtual assistant designers often assert that users prefer female voices, but the publicly available research to support this claim is thin at best.https://twitter.com/pardesoteric/status/1105176960341225472 …
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I have heard that argument before regarding a mother‘s voice in the womb, and intuitively, it does make sense.
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In addition to this very poignant point Brian, I think there’s something way more personal abt having gender associated with voice. Brands will of course choose a gender based on what they’re intentions with the skill/action is, but I’ve felt more connected so far w female voices
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When I was researching the book, though, I kept looking for studies about people’s preferences for female voices and couldn’t find them.
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That said, I’m sure that Apple and Amazon have a wealth of internal research about voice preferences
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James, indeed. I can’t wait for the book! Read the except in Wired and love it. You know there are so many issues we tie to this. So important to have the dialogue today, in time say 20 years many assumptions may be cemented. I love all of these efforts and research.
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James, there are elements of survival fundamentally formed at birth to decode not only the voice you memorized in the womb—but the emotional feedback a voice conveys. My work-unique, shows the Neuro-peptides you feel in the womb allows you to mirror emotion heard in mom’s voice.
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