Whose Voice Would You Want As Your Digital Assistant?

27-Sep-19 12:00

Whose Voice Would You Want As Your Digital Assistant?

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Samuel L. Jackson inked a deal with Amazon to provide the first celebrity voice option for Alexa, its cloud based digital assistant. According to Amazon, they will be adding more celebrity voices to the platform in 2020. The Jackso “voice pack” for Alexa will be available later this year for the special introductory price of US$0.99 (RM4.15) - and users can select either clean or explicit modes.

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