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In the tweet he says he is using https://elevenlabs.io https://elevenlabs.io for the voice, which is currently the best quality text-to-speech service and allow
by spyder 3y ago
In the tweet he says he is using https://elevenlabs.io https://elevenlabs.io for the voice, which is currently the best quality text-to-speech service and allows for voice cloning too.
And Elevenlabs is saying this about cloning other people's voices:
Can I clone anybody's voice?
Yes, as long as you have their consent. For Professional Voice Cloning, we have integrated robust security measures to make sure you can only clone your own voice. Unless you share it, your voice belongs and is available only to you.
But it looks like it's not enforced if the example in the tweet is possible.
But even if it would be enforced by the company, open-source models are getting close to them and they are harder to control. The public or commercial use of the output from these models can (and probably should) be limited by laws, but if the users want to use it privately (for example to narrate themselves) there is not much you can do to prevent it especially with the progress in this tech it will become more trivial to do it for anybody.
- leobg 3y agoIt actually is enforced. They have a verification system where they show you random text on the screen and you have to read that into the microphone. So I don’t know how the tweet author got around that.
- chmod775 3y ago> I don’t know how the tweet author got around that. If I had to defeat such a thing, I'd try to fake the voice using a good-enough AI running locally. Alternatively use some voice-changer/editing magic to make your own voice sound "good enough".
- leobg 3y agoI tried that. But their recognition model seems to be quite picky. And you need the voice change real time. No time to edit anything.
- mbirth 3y agoComedian James Veitch tricked their verification 2 years ago: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-CopbQ_QgmM https://youtube.com/watch?v=-CopbQ_QgmM I guess they’ve improved it since then.