Siri, the voice assistant in Apple devices such as the iPhone, sounds distinctly female. But asked whether it's male or female, the voice answers: "Don't let my voice fool you: I don't have a gender." But it points out that, depending on the language, there are Siri voice options for gender and dialect: "Some languages might offer only a male or female voice, while others offer both." This is why the default setting for all voice assistants is female, she says. Verbal sexual harassment is even directed at the female voice assistants, who "get quite an earful indeed," Meckel remarks.

Source: The Star June 01, 2019 06:00 UTC