Danish companies Virtue Nordic and Copenhagen Pride have developed a new program that produces a genderless voice.
The technology makes it possible for digital voice assistants such as Alexa and Cortana to sound gender-neutral.
Q is billed as the world’s first genderless voice, developed by advertising firm Virtue Nordic in collaboration with Copenhagen Pride. Both organizations wanted to create gender-neutral voice technology to help promote inclusivity in the workplace.
Julie Carpenter, a researcher at California State Polytechnic University, who served as an adviser to the project Q team, discussed the philosophy behind the program.