The phone was called by a person who claimed to be Apple's public relations representative, she told Briggs not to talk about Siri publicly. Useful source: blu-ray backup. She warned Briggs, employees have no right to discuss Apple's products.
But Briggs said he had recorded thousands of sentences six years ago. These recordings are used in the sale of the iPhone 4S in the UK, he have never had any contact with Apple.
Briggs said he had recorded 5000 sentences for a company called Scansoft in 3 weeks. In 2005, the company merged with Nuance, which is just the company providing voice recognition technology for SIri now.
Briggs said: "I recorded a set of tapes which were spoken in a very special way and read without ups and downs and then they left with these recordings, because I have read whatever they wanted."
Kings Cross Station's broadcasting also used this recording of Briggs. Hot tip: blu-ray burner. Until recently he saw Siri's demo video on television did he know that he is the Siri voice.
Siri will use different voices according to different areas iPhone 4S on sale, Siri's default setting in the United States is a female voice with American accent; in the UK is the male voice recorded by Broggs.