View Full Version : Star Trek's Iconic Computer Voice Might Be Headed to Your Phone


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09-07-2016, 01:45 AM
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From the early days of the original series through 2009's reboot, there was one voice behind Star Trek's (https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4bbc9c36-aa04-373b-9468-96d2b79ec077/7-ways-that-'star-trek'.html) Library Computer Access/Retrieval System, better known as LCARS: Majel Barrett. Voicing LCARS (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/m/3bf969b6-4e4f-31d6-9060-0a57a56b500e/star-trek's-lcars-could.html), she provided the often reassuring, sometimes frustrating response from various computers on Federation ships, a sort of proto-Siri. An official Star Trek-related Twitter feed has hinted that her voice might be coming to actual phones soon. Majel's voice is recorded phonetically, &we're working to get her voice for things such as Siri, maybe voice of the computer on #STDiscovery - RODDENBERRY (@roddenberry) September 4, 2016 Barrett, who was Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's wife, had several other