Eerie male voice on live pictures

There's an eerie male voice speaking either a word or a phrase on a few of my adult daughter's live pics on her iPhone 7 Plus.

In each of the 3 live pictures effected there is either music or a television playing in the background, but the male voice is totally distinct from the background noise.

iPhone 7 Plus

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 3:09 AM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2018 5:23 AM

I believe the recording function on iDevices by default, be it Live Photo’s, Video, Voice Memo or Screen Recorder is locked to the microphone, in other words you do not have the ability to capture internal audio.


So, if that’s the case, and the device isn’t jail broken or modified in any other way, the “eerie” sound must be external and coming from either the TV, another unit or someone messing around.


It’s possible that due to directional ability of the microphone and the direction it was pointing at time of recording certain sound sources can be emphasised or reduced, and if it’s only on a particular set for that location that might go some way to reinforce that assumption.


The only other thought is if Siri kicks in, but I’ve never had that happen before, but you could check if Siri on the device is set to a male voice!


Can’t think of anything else it could be, hope this helps.

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Sep 18, 2018 5:23 AM in response to ralphlauren1

I believe the recording function on iDevices by default, be it Live Photo’s, Video, Voice Memo or Screen Recorder is locked to the microphone, in other words you do not have the ability to capture internal audio.


So, if that’s the case, and the device isn’t jail broken or modified in any other way, the “eerie” sound must be external and coming from either the TV, another unit or someone messing around.


It’s possible that due to directional ability of the microphone and the direction it was pointing at time of recording certain sound sources can be emphasised or reduced, and if it’s only on a particular set for that location that might go some way to reinforce that assumption.


The only other thought is if Siri kicks in, but I’ve never had that happen before, but you could check if Siri on the device is set to a male voice!


Can’t think of anything else it could be, hope this helps.

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