• Björn@swg-empire.de
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    11 months ago

    Didn’t something similar happen to the woman voicing Siri? She didn’t know either that her voice was used on every iPhone. But I think in her case she knew at least that she had done a generic “virtual voice” gig.

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      11 months ago

      They do this on purpose to under pay people. If she knew she was going to be the voice on every iPhone they’d have to pay her more.

      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        11 months ago

        I used to do voice work and this is depressingly common. I’d get requests to “do some simple readings for a research project” or similar vaguely phrased nonsense. Sometimes they were honest and offered a depressingly small lump sum or royalties plan. I always refused, fuck that.