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The danger here is that AI voice will continue to get better until one day...voice actors are simply not needed. Perhaps a better solution is for voice actors t

by Ajay-p 3y ago

The danger here is that AI voice will continue to get better until one day...voice actors are simply not needed. Perhaps a better solution is for voice actors to license their voice to be used in AI. Imagine if you could license Morgan Freeman's voice for something, with plenty of rules and stipulations of course. The voice is recreated digitally and Mr. Freeman oversees the use of his voice.

jug 3y ago
I think it’s already happening for audiobooks to some extent. I’ve heard the latest voice AI and it’s extremely natural sounding with tonality and all. And audiobooks are an extreme case too with several hundreds of pages needing hiring a voice. Now they can just upload it and have the result in a few hours or so. Either the publisher themselves or the audiobook service. Hell, they could give you your favorite voice. Male? Female? Young? Old? Maybe you want a book on AI read by Steve Jobs? Here’s an audio AI example by ElevenLabs with celebrity voices. https://youtu.be/17_xLsqny9E https://youtu.be/17_xLsqny9E
kromem 3y ago
Think more that extended AI voice rights become part of standard contracts and video games with a 60 hour main story and voice acting have hundreds to thousands of tailored extended questlines powered by AI to extend the original performances across content no single player is ever intended to see all of. It's been pretty wild the past few years playing games and realizing the difference between today and tomorrow AI will have on gaming. Contract negotiation and licensing just needs to catch up.
stuckinhell 3y ago
It's not a danger, it's the dream for a huge number of creatives blocked by voice actor gatekeeping. The indie game development community is adopting AI voices extremely fast, because voice actors blew budgets or were difficult to work with. Many voice actors feel too good for videogames. I'm not surprised the gaming community is going hard and fast on AI voices, especially voice engines for the huge amount of text in lots of older games which would cost a fortune and a half to voice.

by Ajay-p 3y ago

jug 3y ago

I think it’s already happening for audiobooks to some extent. I’ve heard the latest voice AI and it’s extremely natural sounding with tonality and all. And audiobooks are an extreme case too with several hundreds of pages needing hiring a voice. Now they can just upload it and have the result in a few hours or so. Either the publisher themselves or the audiobook service. Hell, they could give you your favorite voice. Male? Female? Young? Old? Maybe you want a book on AI read by Steve Jobs? Here’s an audio AI example by ElevenLabs with celebrity voices. https://youtu.be/17_xLsqny9E https://youtu.be/17_xLsqny9E

kromem 3y ago

Think more that extended AI voice rights become part of standard contracts and video games with a 60 hour main story and voice acting have hundreds to thousands of tailored extended questlines powered by AI to extend the original performances across content no single player is ever intended to see all of. It's been pretty wild the past few years playing games and realizing the difference between today and tomorrow AI will have on gaming. Contract negotiation and licensing just needs to catch up.

stuckinhell 3y ago

It's not a danger, it's the dream for a huge number of creatives blocked by voice actor gatekeeping. The indie game development community is adopting AI voices extremely fast, because voice actors blew budgets or were difficult to work with. Many voice actors feel too good for videogames. I'm not surprised the gaming community is going hard and fast on AI voices, especially voice engines for the huge amount of text in lots of older games which would cost a fortune and a half to voice.