Artificial intelligence like the Apple Siri has become so ubiquitous in the lives of many people that it’s no wonder that the story Person 5 Strikers (released today on Playstation 4, Switch and PC) presents his own AI assistant in the form of EMMA. But what you may not notice right away is that EMMA is played by the woman who voiced the original Siri.
Susan Bennett is a professional voice actor, best known for lending Apple Siri assistant talents from its inception in 2011 to the iOS 7 update in 2013. Bennett’s voice was recorded in 2005 by a company called ScanSoft, a The secret he didn’t realize was for Apple until Siri launched years later. Apple has not yet officially confirmed that Bennett is Siri, but a CNN investigation in 2013 she concluded, with 100% certainty from audio forensics experts, that she is the voice of the personal assistant.
We are advancing to this day and launching Person 5 Strikers outside of Japan. In the game, EMMA performs many of the same functions as Siri in the real world. Find nearby shops, plan travel routes, make schedules and can even suggest things like what to bring on a camping trip. The main characters of teenagers quickly realize how useful it is and download it on all their phones. An EMMA voice sample can be found below (skip to 9:44 if the timestamp does not work).
In the spirit of avoiding spoilers for a game released today, I’ll just say that EMMA remains an integral part of the story back then, but Bennett’s work is easy to miss if, like me, you play with Japanese voices. This connection was first brought to my attention by Twitter user ResolutionRoute, who described hiring Bennett’s location team as “the most flexible” in it. original tweet, and Kotaku has since confirmed this is the case.
Since recording for Siri in Ear, Bennett has continued to provide voice for a variety of projects, with clients ranging from Coca Cola and McDonald’s to Ford and Goodyear. Person 5 Strikers it may be her first major concert in the video game industry, but she fully nails “soulless AI who might actually have bad intentions,” I think the game goes with EMMA. guess her time as Siri he prepared her for that.