Weird, Comical New Speech App Mimics Presidential Voices

I can only imagine the whimsical hilarity resulting from one of these being installed on a White House staffer’s iPhone: iSpeech Obama — or its somewhat late sister app, iSpeech Bush — are a pair of apps that allow you to enter speech and play it back in the voice of Presidents Barack Obama or George Bush.

Beyond the sheer entertainment value of having Bush or Obama make outlandish statements, the interesting thing about this pair of apps is that the developer behind them, iSpeech, has positioned itself as a competitor to Nuance, the company behind the iPhone 5’s rumored (but almost certainly real) speech recognition capabilities.

Eli Milchman

When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of Wired.com and BIKE Magazine, among others. Hang with him on Twitter.