Hey Beeb: New BBC digital assistant has a northern male accent
The BBC has opted for a “warm and friendly” male northern accent on its new voice assistant Beeb, developers have revealed, as it goes into public testing for the first time.
In its first version, users can ask Beeb to get live and on-demand radio, music mixes, podcasts, as well as news and local weather updates, jokes from The Mash Report and quirky facts by QI.
The technology is being made available as early test software on PC first, in partnership with Microsoft.





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