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Siri's voice, Susan Bennett
Atlanta's Susan Bennett has announced that hers is the original voice of Siri (though Apple won't confirm it). She has been doing voice work since the '70s and can be heard on GPS devices, automated phone systems and even the Delta airport terminals. But it was her gig as Siri's female voice that's added a bit of notoriety. Bennett notes that she first heard her voice coming from an Apple iPhone when a friend contacted her and asked, "Isn't this you?" She didn't have a Siri-capable iPhone at the time, so she visited Apple.com to get her first listen. She also notes that she and the recording team spent four hours a day recording Siri's voice, every day for a month straight. Back then, she didn't know where those particular recordings would end up. Today, Susan says, "[Siri] and I are friends." Also: Happy birthday Siri!
Susan Bennett confirms that she is the original voice of Apple's Siri (video)
If you're ever thrust into the mire of a trivia quiz at short notice, there are just some facts that everyone needs to know. Robert April was the first Enterprise captain, the largest organ in the body is the skin and the original voice of Siri in the US? Susan Bennett. The Atlanta-based voice actor, who has previously provided a human side to Tillie the All-Time Teller and Delta Airlines' announcements, outed herself to CNN after a hunt to identify the voice. Bennett reveals that the Siri recording sessions lasted four hours a day, every day across the month of July 2005. Now that we know the identity of Bennett and Jon Biggs, her UK counterpart, we're seriously considering getting the two in the same room for a Siri-off.
