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Interview mit der Frau, die Siris Stimme gestellt hat: Apple puts more thought into their product packaging than some companies put into their products, so we assumed the auditions for Siri would be a rigorous and highly competitive process. But while we're sure Apple put a lot of careful thought into Siri's code, Susan had no idea they even used her voice until early adopters started asking her which Carl's Jr. was least likely to give them food poisoning:
"I didn't know it was the Siri gig; I didn't realize anyone was auditioning me for it. I found out I was Siri when Siri launched. A fellow voice actor emailed me and said, 'We're playing around with this new iPhone; isn't this you?' And I was just like, 'What?'"
No, Apple didn't secretly record Susan in her sleep (at least as far as we know; maybe they have since). Siri was developed based on recording sessions Susan did with another company. Susan had done a lot of interactive voice response work (the voice on the phone that tells you to press 1 for English) and thought she was just doing more. "The recordings were done for a text-to-speech company starting in 2005. Apple got all their Siri voices from this company, but they came in after the fact. We had no contracts with Apple."
It's bizarre that Apple didn't feel the need to even give Susan a cursory, "Hey, just FYI, we bought your voice, and soon millions of teenagers are going to be trying to trick you into saying dirty words." So Susan's feelings about instantly becoming one of the country's most recognizable voices were ... mixed:
"I had really ambivalent feelings. I was flattered to be chosen to basically be the voice of Apple in North America, but having been chosen without my knowledge was strange. Especially since my voice was on millions and millions of devices."
But the biggest issue was money. Susan had no contract with Apple, and that means she hasn't seen a dime beyond what she was paid for her initial IVR gig, despite being a key part of one of Apple's big selling points:
"There were Siris all over the world because, for instance, I don't speak Thai or Japanese. They had to have native speakers. And all of the original Siris weren't paid for the usage. We were paid for the original recording sessions, but we weren't paid for being on all those phones. Which is a pretty big issue for us. I know there was one person who ended up getting fired from another job because he was working for a company that considered Apple a competitor. His voice was on the iPhone, and he lost a job because of it."
Susan's not saying she should be driving a Lamborghini painted iPhone-white, but considering Apple has enough money to overthrow some countries, they probably could've afforded to cut her a decent paycheck. So, the next time Siri reminds you about your proctology appointment, keep in mind that she's doing that dirty work pro-bono.http://www.cracked.com/personal-experie ... ities.html
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