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.

  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    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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      4 days ago

      My favourite was an old Bluetooth speaker I had 10 years ago, where the voice started up saying “Bluetooth mode has been on”. Like, what‽

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        My new ones just say “Bluetooth mode” when I turn them on 🥲

        The previous generation had “Power on” and “Pairing”

        And yes, the new ones directly go into pairing mode 🤦

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        Probably because it’s a Chinese company? What American company is making headphones and speakers?

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          4 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 😝

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

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