She spells out directions from GPS devices and addresses travelers in Delta airport terminals. She speaks up in commercials and on countless phone systems. And an audio-forensics expert with 30 years of experience has studied both voices and says he is “100%” certain the two are the same.īennett, who won’t divulge her age, fell into voice work by accident in the 1970s. Professionals who know her voice, have worked with her and represent her legally say she is Siri. Her name is Susan Bennett and she lives in suburban Atlanta.Īpple won’t confirm it. She had no idea she’d someday be speaking to more than 100 million people through a not-yet-invented phone. While the ever-secretive Apple has never identified her, all signs indicate that the original voice of Siri in the United States is a voiceover actor who laid down recordings for a client eight years ago. She is Siri, Apple’s voice-activated virtual “assistant” introduced to the masses with the iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011.īehind this groundbreaking technology there is a real woman. She’s provided weather forecasts and restaurant tips, been mocked as useless and answered absurd questions about what she’s wearing.
version of Siri on Apple’s iPhone.įor the past two years, she’s been a pocket and purse accessory to millions of Americans. Susan Bennett, of Sandy Springs, Georgia, says she is the voice of the original U.S. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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