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I recently tried ElevenLabs AI speech software [1] to clone my voice and was astounded at the results. In the relatively near future I can easily imagine anyone
by russellbeattie 4y ago
I recently tried ElevenLabs AI speech software [1] to clone my voice and was astounded at the results. In the relatively near future I can easily imagine anyone who has publicly accessible examples of recorded speech being cloned automatically. Radio personalities, TV and film stars, existing audiobook narrators, etc. Want to have Morgan Freeman read Harry Potter to you? Step one: Grab some YouTube videos for examples. Step two: Train AI. Step three: Sit back and listen.
A future multimodal generative AI might be able to do this for you with a simple prompt: "Create an audio file of Stephen Fry reading The Chronicles of Narnia." It'll be that easy, and basically unstoppable unless there's some legislation involved.
1. https://beta.elevenlabs.io/ https://beta.elevenlabs.io/
- MrVandemar 4y agoThe big thing that's missing so far is performance. Voice-cloned stuff I've heard is pretty flat. A real voice-over artist/reader will put in dramatic pauses, will create both distinct and subtle emphasis on words, and vary the speed of their reading given the tension of the scene. Voice overs dont' just sit in chair, they perform. They'll smile, and you can hear it; they will frown or scowl that that'll come through the voice; they'll gesticulate with their hands. All these things animates the voice, imbues it with feeling and resonance and character. AI is not there yet, and I'm struggling to imagine that they will be able to do this without making some kind of error that'll just take you right out of the story.
- danesparza 4y agoI hear these nuances progressing in the Elevenlabs voices. I think we're closer than you think.