Thousands of UK iPhone 4S users are enjoying Siri, the device’s smooth-talking computer assistant – but now it’s been revealed that the man behind the voice is The Weakest Link's announcer Jon Briggs.
Apple been telling him not to talk about Siri but he could not hold the fame
He recorded the words for Siri around five to six years ago for a software company called Scansoft, who sold them to Apple.
‘Five thousand sentences over three weeks, spoken in a very particular way and only reading flat and even. Then they go away and take all the phonics apart, because I have to be able to read anything you want, even if I’ve never actually recorded all those words.’ said Jon Briggs
He admits that he is a huge fan of Apple and loves its products.
Briggs has also appeared on Radio 2 and 4 and his voice can be heard on various TomTom satnav programmes.
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