The voice synthesis in 1.6 had a specific distortion. It wasn't crisp. It wasn't realistic. It sounded like you were talking into a fan inside a tin can. And we loved it. Recording your friend saying something stupid and playing it back in a helium-high pitch was the only reason to own a tablet.
He hit play. Tom’s mouth moved, but the voice that came out wasn't a high-pitched, helium-filled squeak. In version 1.6, sometimes the audio processing glitched, fluctuating the pitch. This time, Tom’s voice dropped an octave. It sounded deeper, warmer, like a whisper.
You can touch on the fact that the old model was eventually replaced in 2016 because it looked "uncanny" to newer audiences—but for us, that original look is the only one that matters. Talking Tom Cat/Features
