{"id":304930,"date":"2021-07-21T23:40:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazon-alexa-gets-new-voice-options-including-celebrities-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-07-21T23:40:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:40:24","slug":"amazon-alexa-gets-new-voice-options-including-celebrities-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-alexa-gets-new-voice-options-including-celebrities-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon Alexa Gets New Voice Options, Including Celebrities \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Amazon Alexa Gets New Voice Options, Including Celebrities \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amazon is <\/span>now offering<\/span><\/a> a masculine-sounding voice option to its virtual assistant, Alexa, which has now started rolling out to users. The company is also introducing a new wake word, Ziggy, to trigger the assistant. You can hear the new assistant\u2019s voice <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside this new assistant voice addition are two other notable voice options\u2014<\/span>Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Melissa McCarthy<\/span><\/a>. These two join the likes of other iconic celebrity voices on the Alexa platform, like Samuel L. Jackson.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s right folks, get ready for the vocal stylings of this nasal midwestern gal!\u201d said Melissa McCarthy. \u201cI am so excited to join the Alexa family. It\u2019s been such a fun experience working on this project. I hope you all enjoy all my dad jokes! Fun fact\u2014if you hear a slide whistle, it\u2019s my personal one that I brought with me to the recording studio!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5o_vmcCbrkE<\/a><\/p>\n

Shaq said, \u201cIt\u2019s on! Shaq is in the house to make your speakers bounce. Boomshakalaka! I\u2019m so excited to be part of the Alexa experience.\u201d Both celebs bring their fun personalities to Alexa, and you can say \u201cHey Melissa\u201d or \u201cHey Shaq\u201d to access all of the standard features Alexa has to offer. You can also say \u201cAlexa, introduce me to Melissa\u201d (or Shaq) to get started, or jump right in with commands like \u201cHey Shaq, rap for me\u201d if you want to be impressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fnb451SHPMI<\/a><\/p>\n

Between Shaq, Melissa, and the other new voice option, you\u2019ll have plenty of fun choices to try out with your Alexa devices. Alexa makes it easy to change your preferred voice and wake words, so you can get things set up just how you like. The options are rolling out now, and the celebrity personalities are available to purchase for $4.99 a pop.<\/span><\/p>\n

via <\/span>The Verge<\/span><\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n