I guess I see a ton of upside here, but I also see that this could easily be abused and possibly a tool to completely destroy someones life. Imagine getting a phone call from your "partner" saying they cheated on you. I dont know how it would be useable(api?) and I do still detect a bit of artificialness to to voice, but as this gets better I worry about the down sides and potential for harm by copying someones voice.
Launch HN: Lyrebird (YC S17) – Create a digital copy of your voice
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#52...make possible a wide range of new applications such as
- hacking voice-controlled interfaces
- generating fake news
FTFY
don't @ me saying "sure any technology can be used for good and bad stop being a ludite" yeah I know that just messing with you
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#53I guess I see a ton of upside here, but I also see that this could easily be abused and possibly a tool to completely destroy someones life. Imagine getting a phone call from your "partner" saying they cheated on you. I dont know how it would be useable(api?) and I do still detect a bit of artificialness to to voice, but as this gets better I worry about the down sides and potential for harm by copying someones voice…
Thank you for raising those concerns. We take those very seriously. You can read more about our ethical stance in this article: https://lyrebird.ai/ethics/
To recap:
- we want to start by raising public awareness about the technology and we did demos with the voices of Trump/Obama for that,
- your digital voice is yours, people can not use it without your authorization.
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#54...make possible a wide range of new applications such as - hacking voice-controlled interfaces - generating fake news FTFY don't @ me saying "sure any technology can be used for good and bad stop being a ludite" yeah I know that just messing with you
Yes, this is a tricky subject! We have thought a lot about it and we think we are doing the right thing for society.
We write more about it here: https://lyrebird.ai/ethics/
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#55Amazing - I cant wait to integrate this with our VR product. We previously used Amazon Polly attached to a chatbot:
https://twitter.com/Alientrap/status/829032930626383873
First uses that come to mind are players adding themselves to a VR world - or maybe celebrities / public figures.
Re: Launch HN: Lyrebird (YC S17) – Create a digital copy of your voice
#56I am confused about the functionality. What is that I will be able to do, if I go through recording 30 sentences?
The owners of this service will be able to impersonate you at their whim. You're only populating their database for them.
Re: Launch HN: Lyrebird (YC S17) – Create a digital copy of your voice
#57How about Adobe Voice? This seems to share a lot of the same breakthroughs as Adobe Voice.
Re: Launch HN: Lyrebird (YC S17) – Create a digital copy of your voice
#58I am confused about the functionality. What is that I will be able to do, if I go through recording 30 sentences?
You will be able to create a digital voice that sounds like you and generate any sentence from it. And thanks, we are going to update the instructions to make them more clear.
Thanks. Such an explanation on the website would be helpful. BTW, the Trump/Obama tweets do not add value. Using political objects to define a technical service, is a mismatch under the context. It also doesn't help in explaining what this service provides (people wouldn't expect that Trump and Obama have given you consent to use their voice). Just an opinion.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
awesome! I signed up back then but haven't heard anything since. Is there anything else I can do to try out the beta?
Not yet. We are starting with a few developers/companies only and will expand it progressively. What would be your use case?
My wife built an app that teaches people (foreigners) how to speak english. Based on the words in their flashcards, we generate dynamic sentences so during practice their flashcards are rarely the same. For example, if I have (happy, sad, run, write) in my backpack, then a sample flashcard would show up as:
"When I run, I will be sad".
I see lyrebird api being very helpful in helping my users practice listening skills and add a level of creative fun! If we had 10-20 different voices, the flashcards will be read a little differently each time. Right now (since our flashcards is dynamic), our audio feels very monotone. We would love to help you beta test your API and work something out.
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#60This looks awesome. I commented on the original post about how exciting this is for worldbuilding (and creating realistic voices for fictional characters, with all the uses that come there). Random question: it's said that people think their own voices sound weird when they hear recordings of themselves played back. Do you have a way to measure that phenomenon? Have you seen people complaining about the accuracy when…
The reason for the phenomenon is that some large percentage of how you hear your own voice comes from bone conduction. In addition, the higher harmonics of your voice are more directional, which is to say "aimed away from your ears", and tend to be diminished when reflected back to you by the objects around you.
The end result of this is that your own voice, when recorded and played back to you, will generally sound less bassy and more harmonically rich than you expect it to.