Sexist computers: male voices are apparently harder to recognize than female ones
Researchers up at the University of Edinburgh have determined that the male voice is harder for voice recognition software to pick up and understand than its female counterpart. This conclusion was reached after telephone conversation recordings were run through a battery of tests, which revealed that men seem to say “umm” and “err” more often, while also identifying that the greatest difficulties arise with words that sound similar and can arise in the same context, such as “him” and “them.” Equally troubling is the first word in a sentence, as it comes without context and therefore doesn’t benefit from any predictive assistance.
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Sexist computers: male voices are apparently harder to recognize than female ones
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