AI assistants are really good at what they do but sometimes it’s not a welcome sight when you hear Siri or Google Assistant answering you a question allowing everyone to hear and worst of when the question could potentially be an embarrassing one. Apple tends to fix this problem by making Siri whisper her answers to you.
Apple filed a patent last year which was made public now, the patent states that Siri normally responds in a regular or loud voice, which could be undesired under certain circumstances where a whisper response more appropriate. Other examples that they mentioned is using Siri in a library or an office cubical or just a general method to protect privacy. Siri enabled devices could measure the input’s amplitude and frequency patterns to determine if the reply should be a whisper.
