Voices Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Why is Siri female (in the US at least)?

by Steven Sande (Nov 8th, 2011)

Have you ever wondered why most of the default voices for computers are female? Although Siri is male in the UK and France, it's female in the U.S., Australia, and Germany. CNN's Brandon Griggs pondered this question in a post last month, and found that -- among other things -- people find ...

Homer Simpson comes to the Tom Tom app

by Mike Schramm (Apr 26th, 2011)

The voice of cartoon character Homer Simpson, as performed by actor Dan Castellaneta, is now available as an in-app purchase in Tom Tom's US-based GPS apps for the iPhone. For US$5.99, you too can have Homer say "[Annoyed Grunt]" when you make a wrong turn, or "Woo hoo!" when you reach your ...

Mac OS X Lion offers high-quality, multilingual voices

by Matt Tinsley (Mar 2nd, 2011)

Since the developer preview release of Mac OS X Lion, we've been able to see in action some of the exciting new features to expect from Apple's new, forthcoming operating system. Today, we've got even more exciting news to share. AppleInsider is reporting that Mac OS X Lion will feature 53 new ...

Enter to run away with a free copy of Runmeter from TUAW

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2011)

I just wrote about Runmeter after meeting creator Steve Kusmer at Macworld 2011 a little while back, and as a runner myself, I've used it a couple of times to track and monitor my performance during and after runs. It's very feature-rich, even compared to other running apps on the App Store, with ...

First Look: Voices for iPhone

by John Burke (Nov 19th, 2009)

Novelty and social applications are a big hit on the iPhone. A new one from the folks of Taptivate is sure to be a big hit when it is released in the near future. Voices for iPhone is touted as an "audio recorder with a twist" and even a "social voicemail" utility. With Voices [iTunes Link], ...

GhostReader 1.5: text to audiobook

by Mat Lu (May 20th, 2008)

GhostReader is a text to speech application that allows you to have your computer read aloud PDF, Word, and text files and save the output in a variety of formats for importing into iTunes. While Mac OS X does have built-in text to speech capabilities in the Universal Access Preference Pane ...

Details about the new GarageBand Jam Pack: Voices

by David Chartier (Aug 15th, 2007)

Yet another minor Apple product announcement that made it under our radar was a new Jam Pack for GarageBand: Voices. No, it isn't samples of Britney Spears, John Mayer and Adam Duritz - it's a collection of over 1,500 new instruments that fall under the categories of Drum and Percussion Instruments, ...