Does anybody else find it weird that whenever you have a voice over, be it satnav, Bluetooth speakers, promotional videos (of European companies!), etc. they almost always have American accents? Even before the whole buy European movement took off I found this weird, especially since British or Irish accents are way nicer to listen to in my opinion.

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[โ€“] 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It annoys me most when it's something that doesn't need a voice in the first place.

A few beeps would have done the job perfectly, but no, my bluetooth headphones insist on using the most awful sounding loud, nasally whingeing American harpy voice to say:
"Heeadphoenes conneecteed"
"Heeadphoenes disconeeected"
"powerrrrrrrrrrr ahfff"

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    My favourite was an old Bluetooth speaker I had 10 years ago, where the voice started up saying "Bluetooth mode has been on". Like, whatโ€ฝ

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Probably because itโ€™s a Chinese company? What American company is making headphones and speakers?

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