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Re:Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B by eCa on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:47AM (#26779366)
Siri is a female name[1] so it makes sense to use ’she’ when humanizing her.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siri_(given_name)

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Re:Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B by sgerenser on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:29AM (#26779164)
Doesn’t default to male voice either, you will have to choose. I bet most people keep it what it always was (female in the US, some countries like UK were male voices).
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Re:Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B by JustSomeNobody on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:45AM (#26779328)
Oh come on! That was announced like 2 weeks ago!
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Re:Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B by saagarjha on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:21AM (#26790743)
In a beta no less.
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