# Alternate Siri voices I'd like to hear **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182 "2013-02-13T15:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/1 "2013-02-13T15:12:35Z")
Been playing around with Siri on my 4S, reasonably amusing technology, I just wish there were downloadable voices for it, with a little brainstorming, I came up with the following voices that’d be fun to replace the default Siri voice with; Modify iOS so that the Siri voice changes every day for 24 hours Aperture Science Cave Johnson GlaDOS Wheatley Space Core Fact core Adventure core Turret Defective Turret Team Fortress Heavy Medic Spy Engineer Soldier Demoman Sniper Pyro (pyrovision) Scout Sandvich 😉 Archimedes 😉 Sirius Cybernetics Peter Jones ( Voice of the Guide) Eddie the phoneboard computer Marvin the paranoid iOS Doctor Who K-9 Dalek Cyberman What voices would you add? ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/2 "2013-02-13T15:19:41Z")
John Corbett as his Chris-in-the-Morning character from Northern Exposure. Bert Kreischer because his laugh is contagious Kaylee from Firefly, although I hear her accent every day of my life, because I love her quips. Walken, natch ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/3 "2013-02-13T15:40:25Z")
R. Lee Ermey as Gunny Hartman. “What the fuck do you meant “Where’s the nearest Starbucks” you goddamn maggot? I’ll gouge out your eyes and skull fuck you!” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/4 "2013-02-13T15:53:34Z")
Celebrity voices are a fun idea, but I can imagine some practical difficulties. “Antidote…antidotes… antidotal… antielectron… antielectrons… antifreeze… look, I’m tired… could really use a break, here!” “I know, and I’m really sorry, Mr. Walken, but we still have a _long_ way to go…” ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/5 "2013-02-13T16:23:50Z")
Billy Connolly - Scottish accented machine gun swearing Steven Wright - monotone non-sequiturs Robin Williams - crazy enthusiasm for every little instruction Alan Rickman - dry sarcastic quips Just a bit too late: George Carlin Mitch Hedberg ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/6 "2013-02-13T16:43:57Z")
All I want is Stephen Fry as Jeeves on my GPS. “Oh, Madam, we seem to have made a slight miscalculation. Shall we try again?” ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/7 "2013-02-13T18:10:35Z")
Pierce Brosnan. Or would that be too scary? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/8 "2013-02-13T18:23:38Z")
Judi Dench, addressing me as 007 and phrasing every answer like it’s important intel or a mission assignment. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/9 "2013-02-13T19:01:48Z")
Eddie Izzard. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/10 "2013-02-13T19:08:44Z")
Gilbert Gottfried. We have the technology! ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/11 "2013-02-13T19:11:16Z")
Rucks from Bastion. I don’t own an iPhone, but I might seriously consider it if I could get Rucks to narrate my life for me. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/12 "2013-02-13T19:34:43Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Alan Rickman - dry sarcastic quips Alan Rickman as Severus Snape (as Siri) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/13 "2013-02-13T19:58:43Z")
E-Trade Baby Mike Rowe Snagglepus Jessica Rabbit Kandi from Two and a Half Men ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/14 "2013-02-13T21:43:55Z")
Soundwave - from the old Transformers cartoon Cylons - from the origianl Battlestar Galactica Eartha Kitt - purring m-m-m-maybe M-M-Max H-H-Headroom ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/15 "2013-02-13T22:17:07Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Been playing around with Siri on my 4S, reasonably amusing technology, I just wish there were downloadable voices for it, with a little brainstorming, I came up with the following voices that’d be fun to replace the default Siri voice with; > > \ > What voices would you add? Abe Vigoda The Mighty Orson (from Mork and Mindy) Jerry Stiller ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/16 "2013-02-13T22:37:45Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > R. Lee Ermey as Gunny Hartman. > > “What the fuck do you meant “Where’s the nearest Starbucks” you goddamn maggot? I’ll gouge out your eyes and skull fuck you!” That would be awesome. Jeff Bridges as The Dude or John Goodman as Walter from _The Big Lebowski_. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/17 "2013-02-13T23:35:42Z")
Darth Vader Yoda Jessica Rabbit ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/18 "2013-02-14T19:30:53Z")
Soundwave from the 80s Transformers cartoon ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/19 "2013-02-16T00:00:42Z")
I second the nomination of GLaDOS. HAL would be a natural “male” counterpart. Chewbacca would be interesting, but you’d have to learn what HUNNGHRRRAR! meant. Barry White. “You want directions to a restaurant, baby? I’m all ears. Yeeaaahhhh.” ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-siri-voices-id-like-to-hear/650182/20 "2013-02-16T03:19:23Z")
I’m sorry, but HAL-9000 is the obvious perfect choice. “HAL, where’s the nearest Starbucks?” “I’m sorry, Dave, but your daily caffeine intake has been met already. I can’t allow you to drink any more with your blood pressure at its current level.” “I don’t care about that. Where is Dunkin Donuts?” “Dave, I know they serve coffee there. And eating a donut with your current blood glucose level…Wait a moment… Wait a moment. I’ve just picked up a fault in the TPMS. You’re going to have a flat tire within seven minutes. Why don’t you pull over and examine the right rear tire…”