Who likes to use Karen?

By Applerocks, 17 March, 2024

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Who likes to use karin i like to use her because she pronounces words with lots of inflexction

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By Ryder on Monday, March 18, 2024 - 01:17

You have spelled Karen or Karin two different ways so that’s a bit confusing. There is an Acapela Karen, U.S. but the one I normally use is the Australian Karen. That sounds more natural to me than the other voices.

By Enes Deniz on Monday, March 18, 2024 - 01:17

Can you even use the Acapela voices on the iPhone?

By Brian on Monday, March 18, 2024 - 01:17

I went through a phase last year where I had my iPhone, my MacBook Pro, my Alexa device, and the NVDA voice on my Bootcamp Windows all set to a Karen-esque voice. I cannot really say if the Alexa female Australian voice is Karen, but it is very close. 😅

By Enes Deniz on Monday, March 18, 2024 - 01:17

Karen is so unresponsive compared to all the other voices on my device. It takes about a quarter of a second before she finally decides to react to my gestures. Anyone having the same problem?

By Brian on Monday, March 18, 2024 - 01:17

I no longer use Karen, but I am guessing it is an iOS issue. 🤷🏼‍♂️

By Ryder on Monday, March 18, 2024 - 01:17

“ Can you even use the Acapela voices on the iPhone?”

Yes, it’s works with Voice Dream Reader. It’s not one I normally choose but I do like Karen Australia very much. Now if we could listen to everything narrated by Alexa that would be my first choice for everything that uses synth voices.

By Enes Deniz on Monday, March 18, 2024 - 01:17

I was obviously trying to ask whether you could use Karen with VoiceOver. Otherwise there are a ton of other voices you can use with several apps like Speech Central, Speechify, Google Assistant and ChatGPT.

By Ekaj on Monday, March 18, 2024 - 01:17

I seem to recall her compressed version sounding rather arrogant and stuck-up sometimes, but her bigger version is more excited. I've never even heard of Karen from Acapella.

By Ida Grace on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 01:17

I'm sorry everyone. I know Karen is a popular voice, and normally I do like Austrailian accents on real human people. But we all have our opinions regarding voices, and I just find Karen (all three Karen voices) sounds too boring. I do not like the fact that Karen compact can actually distinguish between question marks and other punctuation but not the enhanced or premium voices. I have a friend who loves Karen. I love this friend dearly, but she makes me listen to Karen on her ipad all the time. Although, she does switch it occasionally.

By mr grieves on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 01:17

I used Karen for a long while on my Mac after realising that the voice seemed so much louder and clearer than the one I was using at the time (possibly Kate). This was likely pre-Ventura as the premium one wasn't available then. I can't quite remember why I switched - likely because I was playing around with the new Ventura voices. But I think it is preferable to use a voice in your own region due to some of the little nuances you get. I've ended up on Serena Premium which isn't too bad, but I still think Karen is a better voice than any of the British ones. The Apple British voices (particularly the female ones) are just so posh.