How do people make computer voices like Siri or Google Now?
Meet the real woman behind the voice of Siri (2013)
See the answers under these Quora questions:
- How did Susan Bennett not know she was the voice of Siri until after she was recognized by a friend?
- Who is the voice of Google Now?
Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice (2011)
See also:
- How do you teach a computer to speak like Scarlett Johansson? (2014)
- Getting Voice: New Speech Synthesis Could Make Roger Ebert Sound More Like Himself (2011)
Further references:
- How Intel Gave Stephen Hawking a Voice (2015)
- You Can Now Use Stephen Hawking’s Speech Software for Free (2015)