The computer's voice : from Star Trek to Siri /

Although computer-based personal assistants like Siri are increasingly ubiquitous, few users stop to ask what it means that some assistants are gendered female, others male. Why is Star Trek's computer coded as female, while HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey is heard as male? By examining how g...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Faber, Liz (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020].
Subjects:	Speech processing systems > History. Speech synthesis > Psychological aspects. Intelligent personal assistants (Computer software) Voice > Psychological aspects. Mass media and women. Psycholinguistics.