🎧 Virtual Assistants ft. the real Siri
🎧 Patented: History of Inventions • 30m
We talk to the real life Siri in this episode. Susan Bennett was the original voice of Siri back in 2011, although she didn't know it at the time...
But before that it's a conversation with Dallas's friend Ali Maggs (from Chaos Created) about the history of virtual assistants - everything from a mechanical dog that jumps out of its kennel, to that helpful digital paperclip Clippy, to the incredibly smart assistants of today and tomorrow.
Produced by Freddy Chick
The Executive Producer was Charlotte Long
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