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.
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”
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‽
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 🤦
Probably because it’s a Chinese company? What American company is making headphones and speakers?
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 😝
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.
And then there is Moondrop Space Travel with an anime girl whispering to your ears.