There have been few monumental shifts in how we interact with computers. From labouriously organizing punch cards to typing carefully formatted queries into a command line to the mouse and the graphical user interface, and then later with multi-touch on smartphones and tablets. Where computers go next isn’t set in stone, but, if you believe some of the prognosticators of Silicon Valley, the next big frontier is voice.
But who are these voices we interact with? Who is the voice behind Siri? In a collaboration with the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz, we look into where Siri's voice came from — and where Siri is going.
Check out Dallas' fantastic podcast, Twenty Thousand Hertz, a show about world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
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Music in this episode is by the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder and Mark Bramhill. Theme music is by Terique Greenfield. Editing by Rob McGinley Myers.