![]() ![]() Soon thereafter, I attended an historical lecture on Shakespeare, given by a crackerjack professor. Though I was striving to make my general delivery as conversational as possible, I realized that it wasn't always a good fit with what I was actually seeing on the page.Ĭhapter headings, lists, tables and quotes, as well as moments when the authors were really trying to stress the intellectual core of their thoughts - were moments that seemed to work against my "TED Talk-like" delivery. I encountered this problem years ago when I began to record more and more non-fiction titles and was coming away dissatisfied with my performance. One of the many reasons non-fiction narration tends to be so deadly dull, is that the narrator is working under the mistaken belief that all of the text on the page should be delivered in the same "voice" or style. Source: IGN User Mail Have you encountered any noteworthy Siri behavior? Share your experiences in the comments section below.Narrations: Flow With These Four 'Voices' When told that the user is tired, Siri will advise you to take a nap or state that she hopes that you aren't doing anything dangerous or operating heavy machinery. Source: Get Some Rest Despite being software programmed into an inanimate object, Siri cares for your well being, or at least, she pretends to. According to Siri, "all evidence to date suggests is chocolate." Source: The Meaning of Life Siri can also be profound, and when asked what the meaning of life is, will respond with a variety of answers, including one particularly delicious one. When asked to 'talk dirty' to the user, Siri will respond in variety of ways, one of the more amusing of which is "The carpet needs vacuuming." Users have asked Siri all sorts of suggestive questions, and she seems to have a collection of responses prepared to ward them off. ![]() Source: Talk Dirty to Meīut Apple also quite rightly assumed that users would use Siri for other, more lascivious means. After picking your preferred category of disposal sites, she'll even find the nearest solution. When asked for an ideal location, Siri will present you with a number of different options, including swamps, dumps and more. She can place calls, she can send texts or search the web for you and she can also help you find a place to hide a dead body. Source: The World's Most Advanced Accessory.to Murder When you're in a jam, Siri can help you in a variety of ways. Source: /MarkJaquith Beam Me Up, Siri Siri's programmer's love for all things sci-fi also evidently extends to Star Trek, and when asked by the user to be beamed up, the voice assistant software responds: "Sorry Captain, your TriCorder is in Airplane Mode." When asked to tell the user a joke, Siri responds "Two iPhone walk into a bar.I forget the rest." Though the debacle has faded from the memory of the mainstream consciousness, Apple hasn't forgotten, but apparently isn't afraid to poke fun at the matter. ![]() Source: Lost iPhone 4 Prototype Joke Last year, tech blog Gizmodo obtained an early prototype of the iPhone 4 that had been lost at a bar by an Apple employee and revealed it to the world long before Apple's planned announcement. Open the Pod Bay Doors Someone at Apple must be a Stanley Kubrick fan, because when asked to open the pod bay doors, Siri responds in the same fashion that homicidal supercomputer Hal-9000 did in the 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, stating "Sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that." We’ve rounded up some of our favorites and verified them on our own devices to ensure credible LOLs.
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