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bradgy8 karma

Can you explain the rationale for having the male voice as the default and placing the female voice behind a paywall?

I know there is an ongoing debate over ai assistants and how most of them seem to have female personas by default (Alexa, Siri etc), perpetuating a women in servitude stereotype. For some reason (and I am not entirely sure I can even articulate my thinking on it right now) it seems unfair to me that one gender's voice is unavailable unless you pay extra. It would be great if you could give your thoughts on this, Cheers.

bradgy5 karma

Thanks very much for the response! I can certainly understand the need to give paying customers some perks. I think as long as there is the option for a given user to change to a voice that they feels gives them some representation, and the barrier to that is small, that's a good move.

And if you need an Aussie voice, let me know. I can't guarantee Mycroft won't go troppo though.