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Eleven Labs Debuts "Iconic Marketplace" Feat Michael Caine, Judy Garland, Others

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Re: Eleven Labs Debuts "Iconic Marketplace" Feat Michael Caine, Judy Garland, Others

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Post by a2dam »

An enormous bummer of a fact is that Majel Barrett, who was the voice of the computer on Star Trek (along with a number of other roles), did phonetic voice recordings specifically to reproduce her voice, yet nobody has used those recordings to do so. I'd love to see her on this list.

Re: Eleven Labs Debuts "Iconic Marketplace" Feat Michael Caine, Judy Garland, Others

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Post by JasonFPath10 »

flkelfe wrote: post #2

Classic shovel mentality. > Request licensing for ... Translation: "We'll be your middle man..." I find it hard to believe they already have the 'Ok' from Maya Angelou. Maybe I'm wrong.

Agreed.

Regardless of getting the "ok" or not, this use of AI just feels morbid.

Re: Eleven Labs Debuts "Iconic Marketplace" Feat Michael Caine, Judy Garland, Others

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Post by squigz »

a2dam wrote: post #3

An enormous bummer of a fact is that Majel Barrett, who was the voice of the computer on Star Trek (along with a number of other roles), did phonetic voice recordings specifically to reproduce her voice, yet nobody has used those recordings to do so. I'd love to see her on this list.

You mean Lwaxana Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Riix, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed?

Re: Eleven Labs Debuts "Iconic Marketplace" Feat Michael Caine, Judy Garland, Others

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Post by rocmcd »

Maybe I'm getting old, but, I have to say, seeing stuff like "Alan Turing™" (a legend and titan of computing history, followed by a ™) really bums me out. I don't believe for one second that any of the deceased people listed here would want their likeness emulated in such a hollow, mechanical, and inhuman way for all of eternity.

Re: Eleven Labs Debuts "Iconic Marketplace" Feat Michael Caine, Judy Garland, Others

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Post by KetoManx64 »

a2dam wrote: post #3

An enormous bummer of a fact is that Majel Barrett, who was the voice of the computer on Star Trek (along with a number of other roles), did phonetic voice recordings specifically to reproduce her voice, yet nobody has used those recordings to do so. I'd love to see her on this list.

There's plenty of open source tools out there that you can use to do this. Why wait for someone else to make something that you're passionate about?
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