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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

UK voice-recognition tech is anti-trans


BBC -- Trans bulleting latest [expect more] 

The problem with male-to-female 'transition' is that many things can be altered surgically and chemically but, from what I have read (and heard) the voice is one thing that barely shifts. 

So, you get that really good-looking 6-foot tall girl called Paula who sounds like Paul the construction worker that she was in a previous life...

The bank is now waiting for the lawsuit to land on its desk. 

It really is great for surgeons, doctors, psychologists, therapists, and lawyers: a new frontier fit for the 21st century! 

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"But you sound like a man!"

"No, I don't!"

"But you do!"

"No, I don't! I am a woman!"

"Yes, you are."

"So?"

"But a woman who sounds like a hairy ape of a man..."

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