Voice cloning & artificial intelligence audio
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We've seen significant leaps in capabilities in the generation of textual information by artificial intelligence technologies.
I've been attempting to explore where these technologies are currently in their development beyond the hype and here are some challenges with AI voice.
In my opinion @DescriptApp has a pretty accurate model with "Overdub". Expression is still very difficult for the technology and the cost for an unlimited vocabulary is $24/mo. Not too pricey depending on why you're using the service.
@__UBERDUCK__ has a range of voices you can use which is really cool but the quality between each voice varies drastically and no easy way to filter by quality. You can also clone your voice if you'd prefer.
AI Video Avatars
Currently AI generated voices are locked in a system separate to AI video avatar platforms such as @synthesiaIO The separation makes it hard to mix and match the best tools together.
Public perception
Maybe it's years of Siri, Alexa and whatever Google call their AI voice technology, that has led the public to be open to AI voices. I doubt this is for an extended period of time, do we really want to watch a hour series on Netflix voiced by AI? Maybe 1 day
Ethical concerns
As always we innovate then discuss the implications of our innovations.
I foresee this being the case with AI even more now than ever. Data ownership, copyright of generated images etc. Who owns the rights of my voice after I pass?
Transparacy
It might be a extremely hard task, but identifying where AI has been used and where it hasn't been used not just in video but image, text and audio will be increasingly important, or will it? Do people only care in specific cases?
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