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Siri's voice got more robotic?

So I was asking her questions and all of sudden, her voice really changed. It sounds much more robotic now and kind of depressed and has very few voice fluctuations like it did before it changed. I didn't change anything under settings. Anyone else have this problem? It's very annoying!

iPhone 4, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 24, 2011 7:18 PM

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Jun 8, 2017 11:05 AM in response to disneygirl7

FIX FOR iOS 10


Hello,


I had the same problem and there is a quick way to fix it Siri's robotic voice for iOS 10.


Follow these steps:


  • Go to settings
  • Then go to "Siri"
  • Then "Siri Voice"
  • And select the voice you desire.


If Siri sounds robotic, you should see the following under the buttons...


"This Siri voice will take effect when downloaded. 0% complete..."



And Ta-da! You just wait for it to download and Siri will have her voice back.User uploaded file

Nov 29, 2011 5:07 PM in response to disneygirl7

This has also happened with my phone and is really annoying. I know I don't like change much but this is just not acceptable. If it had 'evolved' into a more fluid voice I might be able to understand the change but it is more robotic, very tinny, almost like the difference between someone with a smooth voice and someone with a screechy voice.


If anyone figures out how to change it back, let me know

Nov 29, 2011 7:31 PM in response to stefan6667

exactly. I did no updates what so ever and the change happened. Will test the sample rate related to band width suggestion but I think the voice must be generated on the machine from text submitted by apple no? to send that much data required to include voice quality would be quite odd. but will definitely not rule it out.


cheers


Can't believe I didn't add this. She also forgot my name. when asked she said "i don't know who you are, but you can tell me" where the answer was always my name and then "at least that's what you told me".

Siri's voice got more robotic?

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