The Boyfriend App
in various voices: Nasal, Gruff, Monotonous, Cheerful, Grating, Guttural, Shrill, Hoarse, Sweet, Husky, Modulated, Booming, Small, Quavering, Wheezy… There were also paid options like Morgan Freeman, Obama, Batman (Christian Bale), Harry Potter, Cookie Monster, Tom Holland…
Kate picked Husky, as she thought all girls would, and the screen returned to Ecto’s minimalist bedroom.
“Oh wow! I can speak.”
The CGI image of Ecto still didn’t move its mouth and his words still typed themselves in a chat balloon, but now they were accompanied with the husky voice Kate had picked. It drifted from the phone speaker.
“Awesome…” Kate uttered under her breath.
More amazingly, her word also materialized in