This is awesome. Very futuristic
more dystopian. yet another "contribution" of AI for destroying the society via misinformation.
Yes, but we can't stop it.
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
more dystopian. yet another "contribution" of AI for destroying the society via misinformation.
Speaking generally, there's an undermarketed positive privacy aspect to such voice changers, in helping with both protecting a user's identity against data scraping and doxxing. Additionally, like one other comment touched on, some people have strong accents that make communication in videos challenging (and can be a turn off for audiences and prejudice initial impressions). Though by using an online service approach…
My accent seems to translate very well through the app, tho. The tool "only" changes color, pitch, tone, etc. not _how_ I say stuff, i.e. pronounciation, choice of words, ...
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#43If it was compatible as a VST plugin for DAWs it would be even more useful than a standalone software. From skimming through the website it seems that Supertone already make a VST plugin so it may be a matter of time before Shift becomes a VST too.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think this is huge for new content creators that are not native speakers to get rid of the accent. Also if it enables multiple people to sound the same then you can have a YouTube channel with a larger team but only one voice
I don't believe it modifies the accent. I noticed I could hear his asian accent coming through every character, so it seems to just modify the voice but not the intonation
Agreed, at the very least it doesn't seem to change _my_ accent, just things like color, tone, pitch, etc.
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#45All this technology is leading to a world where we can present second-life/alternative identities cohesively online. I wonder if this is going to cause a global decline in the ability for people to express themselves, since it is now so easy to create an identity online that is different than your real-life identity.
I think it's rather sad. Yes, there are some fringe use-cases perhaps but I think this is the wrong direction for humanity. We should find more value in what we already have rather than inventing arbitrary things like this to hide away from real acceptance of ourselves.
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#46Seems like we're getting closer and closer to Star Trek's universal translator
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#47This seems really cool and I can see some great use cases. But the marketing is very odd to me. It says it will let me express myself in a voice that is truly my own…but I can already do that with my natural voice. That seems more likely to be unique than what I would get by adjusting it in software.
Pro tip: Some people do not consider their natural voice 'their' voice.
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#48This seems really cool and I can see some great use cases. But the marketing is very odd to me. It says it will let me express myself in a voice that is truly my own…but I can already do that with my natural voice. That seems more likely to be unique than what I would get by adjusting it in software.
I guess the wording is awkward, but as a trans person, I still resonate with it. I'm acutely aware it's not going to be "my voice", but neither is the one I have right now.
It's funny to me that we just had a big front-page thread full of HN users questioning the value of diversity, and then this thread where people struggle to figure out the obvious trans market for voice-changing software.
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#49Very interesting! I would like some clarity on the Terms of Service clause 4: > The content created using Supertone Shift remains your property. However, by using our Services, you grant Supertone a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, and display content solely for the purpose of operating and improving Supertone Shift. This license does not grant Supertone any rights to sell or d…
Looks like facebook's ToS,
we may need your data for some unspecified purpose ("AI model training") that we can't even dream of right now, so we'll just take all the rights
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#50> The installation has completed. Please restart your Mac. Seriously?
Same question. What did I just install that required a restart?