Interesting concept I found during some AI research: " .But that aside, the most critical, central reason that machine voices tend to be female: studies have shown that people (especially fighter pilots) respond to female voices faster than they do to alarm warnings or to digitized male voices. Engineers at leading defense contractors opted for female voices in fighter aircraft because pilot reaction time has been proven to be faster and the pilots more responsive to warnings from Terrain Avoidance Warning Systems with female voices rather than klaxons or male voices ." Any of current or former TopGun people want to comment on this? Taz/MarkPDX? Is this true for private and/or commercial avionics as well? Lou B.?
Do they use male voices for female fighter pilots??? ha I also heard that the timbre of the female voice is much easier to hear over background noise than a lower pitched 'male' voice... which would be closer in pitch to engine/air noises. A higher pitched babe's voice yelling 'pull up' does not require thought. With the klaxon, there's always the 'now what the h... does that sound mean again', for a split second.
Welcome to the 1950s. LOL! B-58 Voice Warning Messages (Click the arrows on the left) Convair B-58 Hustler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Research during the era of all-male combat aircraft assignments revealed that a woman's voice was more likely to gain the attention of young men in distracting situations. Nortronics Division of Northrop Corporation selected actress and singer Joan Elms to record the automated voice warnings. To the men flying the B-58, the voice was known as "Sexy Sally."[11][12]"
