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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€“] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 23 points 3 days ago (3 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"

[โ€“] P1nkman@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 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

[โ€“] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

My new ones just say โ€œBluetooth modeโ€ when I turn them on ๐Ÿฅฒ

The previous generation had "Power on" and "Pairing"

And yes, the new ones directly go into pairing mode ๐Ÿคฆ

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] P1nkman@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Of course it was made in China. Still funny! I had a moped made in China with safety instructions, and one of them was "Don't drunk and drive". So I could be drunk, just not drink ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

My friend has a Bluetooth connector for his car and it has a girlโ€™s voice announce when Bluetooth is connected with an insanely strong Chinese accent and itโ€™s completely adorable.

And then there is Moondrop Space Travel with an anime girl whispering to your ears.