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Thinking out loud, I wonder if it's better to aim computer generated voices to be understandable and pronounce words correctly, but place them firmly on the lower side of the Uncanny Valley. In other words, let them be noticeably different, but otherwise comprehensible.
For ads and movies and such, obviously those companies want the most realistic voices they can. But for voice assistants, maybe it's better if we don't.
Make them sort of like cartoon voices.
"Goofy, navigate to 3325 Main Street"
"Ahyuck, navigating."
Misses an exit
"Gorsh, rerouting"
"I knew we shoulda taken that left turn at Alberqueque!"
This would get me to use Google assistant