She says she's the voice of Siri, Apple's voice-recognition personal assistant app -- the one that talks to millions of iPhone and iPad users, and elicits a specific type of passion when users talk about how frustrating the service can be. (Apple, of course, in its steel-trap ways, would never confirm that Bennett is the golden voice, and did not reply when I asked anyway.)
Bennett's media frenzy began last Friday, when she first revealed to CNN that she is the voice behind Siri (though with the release of iOS 7, she's no longer the only voice for the personal assistant. Users can choose a male voice as well). The reveal came about after The Verge published an article about machine language and text-to-speech technology, titled "How Siri Found its Voice." The accompanying video featured a voice actress recording audio for text-to-speech software, and some viewers assumed that woman, Allison Dufty, was the voice of Siri.
That quagmire convinced Bennett that the time was right to reveal herself. She came forward to CNN -- which inadvertently discovered her secret months before -- for the scoop.
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