I can’t wait for spoofed messages from my loved ones.
The scam via voicemail possibilities are endless!
Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
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Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#12How do you assert that the cloned voice has been truly permitted by the voice owner? I've had my voice cloned without my consent by other people using Descript and Eleven Labs. What is your process for verifying consent?
It's mentioned in the second demo video that they have a strict process to prevent cases like yours. I think Descript started asking for identity verification after its service was abused. This one probably has a similar process too.
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Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#13Congrats on the launch, your text to speech quality is unparalleled.
Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#14play.ht user here! Awesome service and thanks to you guys I made my first 50$ while generating voices and using them in a short explainer video.
nice voting ring you got there
Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#15How do you assert that the cloned voice has been truly permitted by the voice owner? I've had my voice cloned without my consent by other people using Descript and Eleven Labs. What is your process for verifying consent?
It's mentioned in the second demo video that they have a strict process to prevent cases like yours. I think Descript started asking for identity verification after its service was abused. This one probably has a similar process too.
I think the previous comment wants to know what the "strict process" is exactly.
Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#16How do you assert that the cloned voice has been truly permitted by the voice owner? I've had my voice cloned without my consent by other people using Descript and Eleven Labs. What is your process for verifying consent?
It's mentioned in the second demo video that they have a strict process to prevent cases like yours. I think Descript started asking for identity verification after its service was abused. This one probably has a similar process too.
But they don't say what it is
Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#17https://play.ht/app/voice-cloning > Clone a voice now
Pops a modal: Try Voice Cloning for Free!
Enter a credit card for $0.00/mo with no other information on screen
Bounce.
Why not let me play around with it a little without asking for a credit card?
Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#18This is the first startup here where I think the tech should essentially be illegal.
It's cool tech, yes I'm impressed at the achievement. Nuclear weapons are impressive too.
OTOH this kind of thing is getting easier and easier to do, so what's a realistic way forward?
Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#19https://play.ht/app/voice-cloning > Clone a voice now Pops a modal: Try Voice Cloning for Free! Enter a credit card for $0.00/mo with no other information on screen Bounce. Why not let me play around with it a little without asking for a credit card?
I think if you are cloning voices, you should be required to have a credit card or some other KYC identifier. Even if it's free. This kind of highly abusable tech should have a paper trail IMO.
Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio
#20How is the latency for real-time TTS? I remember kicking the tires several months back but went with one of the big 3 cloud providers since they had lower latency.
I also like that the cloud provider supports SSML and I can explicitly configure the emotion, whereas Playht dynamically changed the emotion based on context of the text.