Ann Syrdal

American psychologist and computer science researcher who developed the first female-sounding voice synthesizer.
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2020

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@mstoxUP: @cokiehasiotis But she died like a few days ago - 4 years ago

@susnatoww: RT @MorenoGFernando: "As a researcher at AT&T, she helped lay the groundwork for modern digital assistants like #Siri and #Alexa." #STEM #W… - 4 years ago

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@BogleMM: #design #aural Ann Syrdal, AT&T lab, part of a team developing "Natural Voices". A #speech synthesis called “the fi… - 4 years ago

@dev_pup: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 - 4 years ago

@prados_aida: RT @NYTObits: Ann Syrdal, who helped lay the groundwork for the female voices of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, dies at 74:  - 4 years ago

@TaniaLCarvalho: RT @NYTObits: Ann Syrdal, who helped lay the groundwork for the female voices of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, dies at 74:  - 4 years ago

@guldaar: RT @NYTObits: Ann Syrdal, who helped lay the groundwork for the female voices of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, dies at 74:  - 4 years ago

@JustJenKing: Wow! What an interesting woman. Despite not being a fan of using Siri, next time I hear her asking me how she can ‘… - 4 years ago

@infamousgrouser: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 - 4 years ago

@NYTObits: Ann Syrdal, who helped lay the groundwork for the female voices of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, dies at 74:  - 4 years ago

@rapelang_tlou: RT @techfutureshow: @itrimble and DJ sat down and spoke with @vanessa_sekati, discussed @tiktok_us news, celebrated the life of Ann Syrdal,… - 4 years ago

@SamanthaZeitlin: RT @cpearl42: “They all thought a female voice was just a higher frequency version of the male voice, but that never works,” said H.S. Gopa… - 4 years ago

@CoderDojo4Divas: RT @CoderDojoBe: Ann Syrdal, psycholoog en computerwetenschapper, is op 74-jarige leeftijd overleden. Syrdal werkte mee aan spraaksystemen… - 4 years ago

@Bombolleta_: RT @traduit: Fa ben just un mes morí Ann Syrdal, psicòloga i enginyera clau en la síntesi de veu femenina. No tenia pàgina en català a la @… - 4 years ago

@Ducky_Tape: RT @cpearl42: “They all thought a female voice was just a higher frequency version of the male voice, but that never works,” said H.S. Gopa… - 4 years ago

@luvtruluv: RT @cpearl42: “They all thought a female voice was just a higher frequency version of the male voice, but that never works,” said H.S. Gopa… - 4 years ago

@ramondal: RT @traduit: Fa ben just un mes morí Ann Syrdal, psicòloga i enginyera clau en la síntesi de veu femenina. No tenia pàgina en català a la @… - 4 years ago

@Viquipedia: RT @traduit: Fa ben just un mes morí Ann Syrdal, psicòloga i enginyera clau en la síntesi de veu femenina. No tenia pàgina en català a la @… - 4 years ago

@traduit: Fa ben just un mes morí Ann Syrdal, psicòloga i enginyera clau en la síntesi de veu femenina. No tenia pàgina en ca… - 4 years ago

@knoike: RT @Tech_NYT: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 August 21, 2020 at 01:19AM As a researcher at AT&T, she help… - 4 years ago

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@Marcelo36Aleixo: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

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@lajustekoze: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

@rotoscoper: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

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@Bassaces1: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

@GanesanAmbedkar: I miss her voice. May her soul rest in peace. - 4 years ago

@deploycatattack: RT @NYTObits: Ann Syrdal, who helped lay the groundwork for the female voices of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, dies at 74:  - 4 years ago

@twitz_end: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 - 4 years ago

@stephenroseBLC: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

@bluewavers: Sad news from a former fellow member of the Speech and Image Processing Research Lab at AT&T Labs-Research. Thanks… - 4 years ago

@jerrybowang: RT @Tech_NYT: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 August 21, 2020 at 01:19AM As a researcher at AT&T, she help… - 4 years ago

@slade3philip: RT @cpearl42: “They all thought a female voice was just a higher frequency version of the male voice, but that never works,” said H.S. Gopa… - 4 years ago

@hainsworthtv: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

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@PatrickFIanagan: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

@rationaldoge: "Ann Kristen Syrdal was born on Dec. 13, 1945, in Minneapolis. Her parents, Richard and Marjorie (Paulson) Syrdal,… - 4 years ago

@ImSoErgodic: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

@futurithmic: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

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@CCFarre: RT @BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid the found… - 4 years ago

@BellLabs: Rest in peace Dr. Ann Syrdal, the brains behind many of the synthetic female voices you hear today. Her work laid… - 4 years ago

@j_llisterri: RT @lluisformiga: A Great loss. She inspired a whole generation of #TTS researchers. Rest In Peace and I show my #respect and #gratitude. T… - 4 years ago

@falias: RT @lluisformiga: A Great loss. She inspired a whole generation of #TTS researchers. Rest In Peace and I show my #respect and #gratitude. T… - 4 years ago

@adellj: RT @lluisformiga: A Great loss. She inspired a whole generation of #TTS researchers. Rest In Peace and I show my #respect and #gratitude. T… - 4 years ago

@lluisformiga: A Great loss. She inspired a whole generation of #TTS researchers. Rest In Peace and I show my #respect and… - 4 years ago

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@longbottle: RT @slashdot: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 - 4 years ago

@moehlert: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 - The New York Times - 4 years ago

@CoderDojoBe: Ann Syrdal, psycholoog en computerwetenschapper, is op 74-jarige leeftijd overleden. Syrdal werkte mee aan spraaksy… - 4 years ago

@femtech_: RT @saivm_in: RIP Ann Syrdal #Tech #womenintech - 4 years ago

@femtech_: RT @UnniSankar: RIP Ann Syrdal, whose research laid the groundwork for modern speech synthesis in #ConversationalUI systems like #Alexa & #… - 4 years ago

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@jackreid: Highlight: A decade later, she was part of a team at another AT&T lab, in Florham Park, N.J., that developed a syst… - 4 years ago

@khmlpy: RT @Tech_NYT: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 August 21, 2020 at 01:19AM As a researcher at AT&T, she help… - 4 years ago

@FelpalmaPalma: Ann Syrdal, we love you. You will always live in our memory and in all our AI gadgets 💙💡🥇🏆 - 4 years ago

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@PeLeif: RT @NYTScience: Ann Syrdal, who helped lay the groundwork for the female voices of Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa, dies at 74:  - 4 years ago

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@nonoLOOK: RT @NYTObits: Ann Syrdal, who helped lay the groundwork for the female voices of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, dies at 74:  - 4 years ago

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@JamesWithers3: RT @NYTObits: Ann Syrdal, who helped lay the groundwork for the female voices of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, dies at 74:  - 4 years ago

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@berraksismann: RT @Tech_NYT: Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74 August 21, 2020 at 01:19AM As a researcher at AT&T, she help… - 4 years ago

@vanessa_sekati: RT @techfutureshow: @itrimble and DJ sat down and spoke with @vanessa_sekati, discussed @tiktok_us news, celebrated the life of Ann Syrdal,… - 4 years ago

@mielniczuk: via @NYTimes - pioneer of the female computer voice - Hey Syrdal , thanks - 4 years ago

@selesteelbsc: RT @nataliebmilman: ICYMI: "Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74" #WomenInSTEM #edtech - 4 years ago

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@techfutureshow: @itrimble and DJ sat down and spoke with @vanessa_sekati, discussed @tiktok_us news, celebrated the life of Ann Syr… - 4 years ago

@dezs0s: If you ever used the female voice option in Siri, Google, etc, the option and voice inflection was driven by Ann Sy… - 4 years ago

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@deliprao: A name all of us should know and a path worth emulating. “Fortunately, the research and technical area that most in… - 4 years ago

@LightingFlashes: Fascinating reflections on the life of a scientist whose work so many of us now appreciate! Ann Syrdal, Who Helped… - 4 years ago

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