#Female voices for waze windows#

Siri, Waze, Alexa, Erica – all default to women’s voices. Bank of America is just now rolling out its digital assistant, Erica. Amazon has made Alexa a presence in many homes I visit.

#Female voices for waze windows#

If you have Windows on your computer, you have met Cortana. If you have an iPhone, you have probably listened to Siri. And I listen to her without hesitation, even if she steers me on a new and uncharted route. So when GPS was invented, my life took a turn – a correct one. I have been through all iterations of Tom-Toms and now with my iPhone, I am totally indebted to that great Israeli contribution: Waze (I am happy to tell you all the reasons that Waze is better than Google Maps and every other GPS guidance system – at another time). So, when I turn on Waze and input my destination, into my Bluetooth, I hear the soothing and confident tone of a woman, guiding me to my destination. Drop me anywhere in the world and I am hopelessly lost. My beloved wife, Marianne, has said repeatedly, that my sense of direction is so bad, that I would get lost even if I had a compass and a boy-scout with me.