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Original voice of Siri promotes AI-powered web accessibility
Ben Lovejoy
– Sep. 30th 2021 6:00 am PT
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Update: Automated tools like UserWay are highly controversial among disabled web users.
Susan Bennett revealed back in 2013 that she only found out by chance that she had become the original voice of Siri. She’s now taking advantage of her accidental fame to promote a new approach to web usability.
Bennett stars in an amusing Siri-based ad for an AI-based approach to making websites accessible to people with disabilities, such as those using screen readers …
UserWay explains:
Siri is a game changer for many of the one billion people worldwide with different disabilities. Susan Bennett did an obscure voice acting job in 2005 and was surprised when she became the first voice of Siri, when it was introduced by Apple in 2011. Through this experience she came to realize how impactful technology can be for people with disabilities.
Susan’s next mission is to advocate for the hundreds of millions who are excluded from the internet. That’s why she has opted to do her first ever ad featuring the voice of Siri, calling for a more accessible internet […]
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