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I've already cloned my voice in case one day I would lose it permanently for whatever reason. In such a scenario I could then create an application to be able t

I've already cloned my voice in case one day I would lose it permanently for whatever reason. In such a scenario I could then create an application to be able to say whatever I want in my own voice. Am really looking forward to the day when these kinds of features are available as Web APIs in the browser.

mobiuscog 4y ago
What is the most effective way to do this, that completely respects privacy ?
autoexec 4y ago
this is a level of loving to hear yourself speak that I've never seen before. Personally, I think I sound weird when I hear myself from outside of my own head and given the vast world of possible voices (from James Earl Jones, David Attenborough, Optimus Prime, etc), the last voice I'd want to use was my own.
- swores 4y ago
  I don't feel the same way as you (though I haven't preserved my voice). I hadn't thought of doing it before this comment thread, and like you (and like most people I think, or at least many) find hearing recordings of myself speaking uncomfortable - because it doesn't sound like the same voice as I hear when I speak - but my reaction was "why hadn't I thought of that, I hope they reply to the comment asking how with an answer that tells me it's easy and cheap with instructions!" More because, as bad as the hypothetical possibility of losing the ability to speak already is, wouldn't it be better to not also lose how you sound to everyone else in the world? You'd soon get used to the new way you hear it, or at least as soon as you'd get used to having a completely novel voice!
karencarits 4y ago
A relative suddenly got severe dysarthria and refuses to use artificial voices/ augmentative and alternative communication systems since "this is not my voice" In relation to this, the open source project cboard (https://www.cboard.io/ https://www.cboard.io/) is a very nice AAC web app where you can add custom cards with your own voice recordings. I am very grateful that there exist open source technology in this field as the commercial solutions are pretty expensive, and everyone should have access to a voice

mobiuscog 4y ago

What is the most effective way to do this, that completely respects privacy ?

autoexec 4y ago

this is a level of loving to hear yourself speak that I've never seen before. Personally, I think I sound weird when I hear myself from outside of my own head and given the vast world of possible voices (from James Earl Jones, David Attenborough, Optimus Prime, etc), the last voice I'd want to use was my own.

swores 4y ago
I don't feel the same way as you (though I haven't preserved my voice). I hadn't thought of doing it before this comment thread, and like you (and like most people I think, or at least many) find hearing recordings of myself speaking uncomfortable - because it doesn't sound like the same voice as I hear when I speak - but my reaction was "why hadn't I thought of that, I hope they reply to the comment asking how with an answer that tells me it's easy and cheap with instructions!" More because, as bad as the hypothetical possibility of losing the ability to speak already is, wouldn't it be better to not also lose how you sound to everyone else in the world? You'd soon get used to the new way you hear it, or at least as soon as you'd get used to having a completely novel voice!

karencarits 4y ago

A relative suddenly got severe dysarthria and refuses to use artificial voices/ augmentative and alternative communication systems since "this is not my voice" In relation to this, the open source project cboard (https://www.cboard.io/ https://www.cboard.io/) is a very nice AAC web app where you can add custom cards with your own voice recordings. I am very grateful that there exist open source technology in this field as the commercial solutions are pretty expensive, and everyone should have access to a voice