Get ready! Samuel L. Jackson is about to take over! Move over Amazon Echo, because Alexa’s voice is about to get alot deeper, and probably a whole lot sassier.
At its annual hardware event on Wednesday, Amazon revealed some updates to its virtual assistant, including the ability to add the voice of Mr. Samuel L. Jackson.
Amazon is using text-to-speech technology to replicate the iconic actor’s voice, instead of having him record canned lines.
I’m super excited about this! I changed my GPS app to Mr. T, and when he says “Turn left fool” or “Catch a right sucka!” was just as awesome as you would assume.
The Samuel L. Jackson Alexa personality is launching later this year. Anyone who buys it in 2019 will get it for just $0.99. Humorously, there will be explicit and non-explicit versions of his voice available for use.
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