囧研究：为何Siri语音助手都是女声？
<p><span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="smartphone">smartphone</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="assistant">assistant</span>. <span word="There">There</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="iPhone">iPhone</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Siri">Siri</span> (<span word="now">now</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="TV">TV</span>), <span word="of">of</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="don">don</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="Cortana">Cortana</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Windows">Windows</span> <span word="Phone">Phone</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="S">S</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Samsung">Samsung</span> <span word="Galaxy">Galaxy</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="virtual">virtual</span> <span word="voices">voices</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="common">common</span>: <span word="They">They</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="sound">sound</span> <span word="female">female</span>.</p><p>倘若你有一部智能手机，那你一定也会有自己的私人专属数码助手。苹果手机上装有<span word="Siri">Siri</span>语音助手（现今苹果电视上也装有此功能），当然，类似的语音功能软件还有微软手机上的“<span word="Cortana">Cortana</span>”（微软小娜）以及三星“盖乐世”系列手机上的<span word="S">S</span> <span word="voice">voice</span>语音助手功能。但所有的这些虚拟语音功能都有一个共同的特点：均为女性发音。</p><p><span word="This">This</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="might">might</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="guessed">guessed</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="coincidence">coincidence</span>. <span word="Writing">Writing</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Wired">Wired</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="Jessi">Jessi</span> <span word="Hempel">Hempel</span> <span word="explores">explores</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="social">social</span>-<span word="science">science</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="perceive">perceive</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="voices">voices</span> <span word="versus">versus</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="voices">voices</span>. <span word="Take">Take</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="research">research</span> <span word="conducted">conducted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Karl">Karl</span> <span word="MacDorman">MacDorman</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Indiana">Indiana</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="human">human</span>-<span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="interaction">interaction</span>:</p><p>你可能已经猜到，这些巧合并非偶然。杰西·亨普尔本周在美国《连线》杂志发表了一篇文章，文章写到他对一些社会科学方面的研究进行了调研，比如人们对男性和女性声音的感知方式差异。举个例子，印第安纳大学的一位主要研究人机交互的教授卡尔·麦克道曼曾经进行过这样一个研究：</p>
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