http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/ Engadget Comments for Sexist computers: male voices are apparently harder to recognize than female ones http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/
i 2nd that lol. the photo was the main reason i clicked lol ]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/same here]]>Mar 5th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 6th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/

And remove your gag reflex...]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/
Very classy. Great work.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S50k6cG0b9U&feature=related

Telephone might have been invented in Scotland, but that doesn't help with our accents.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Maybe they used secretly recorded phone sex service calls?]]>Mar 5th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 6th 2010 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Movie WIN
Article WIN
God i've had too many coffees to get the morning going.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/
I can't be the only one who read the article in a Scotish accent... Right..?]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/
/me feels ashamed by that pun, but had to say it...]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/
"I don't understand the words coming out of your mouf!"

Is the day I am on board.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/
For example, the computer may be able to tell that a woman is saying, "No, there's no problem, Honey." But no computer will ever be able to determine that she really means "You as*hole! I'm going to sleep with your best friend just to get even with you!"
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Bitter?]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/
No. I don't get mad. I get even. I slept with her sister to get even with her for getting even with me. ;-)
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Can't we all just get along?]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/
Also, I think that the FAA found out that voice warnings in aircraft systems were easier to hear/respond to when they were female voices.]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Just a fun fact for you there.]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 5th 2010 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Jules: What country are you from?
Brett: What? What? Wh - ?
Jules: "What" ain't no country I've ever heard of. They speak English in What?
Brett: What?
Jules: English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
Brett: Yes! Yes!
Jules: Then you know what I'm sayin'!
Brett: Yes!
Jules: Describe what Marsellus Wallace looks like!
Brett: What?
Jules: Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time! ]]>Mar 6th 2010 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/sexist-computers-male-voices-are-apparently-harder-to-recognize/Mar 6th 2010 1:17PM