The Hebrew Voice of Siri is Suing Apple Over ‘Illegitimate Use’

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Galit Gura-Eini is the Hebrew voice of Siri, but the Israeli broadcaster is looking for a big change, along with some money.

CalCalist is reporting this week that Gura-Eini is currently in the process of taking legal action against Apple. The broadcaster is the navigational voice for the app Waze as well, but when it comes to Apple and Siri, Gura-Eini believes that her voice is being used in “illegitimate” ways, and can be used to say hate speech and sexist language.

Gura-Eini says that when she agreed to use her voice for the Nuance Communications recordings, she did so under the terms that the voice be used only in a “legitimate” manner. Apple, for its part, has weighed in on the lawsuit and said that Siri is “nothing but syllables joined together by an algorithm”.

Gura-Eini contacted Apple earlier this year and asked for her voice to be removed as the Hebrew voice of Siri, but Apple has so far declined. Apple acquired Nuance’s natural speech technology several years ago, and, as a result of that sale, the company says it has every right to use the recorded audio available to it.

At the time of publication there is no apparent resolution on the horizon, but it doesn’t sound like Apple is ready to give up a voice for Siri anytime soon.

[via CalCalist]

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