Studies have shown people generally find women 's voices more pleasing than men 's . Scholar : ` Her gender has even prompted some users to flood blogs and online forums with sexually suggestive questions for Siri such as `` What are you wearing ? '' ` It 's much easier to find a female voice that everyone likes than a male voice '' In Hollywood , some HAL drivers refused to take HAL directions from a woman . Tech companies may avoid male computer voices because of BMW from the move `` 1968 ''
Studies have shown people generally find women 's voices more pleasing than men 's . Scholar : `` It 's much easier to find a female voice that everyone likes than a male voice '' In Hollywood , some HAL drivers refused to take HAL directions from a woman . Tech companies may avoid male computer voices because of BMW from the move `` 1968 ''