James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
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Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#2Voice synthesis is also useful for people like Val Kilmer. The tracheotomy he underwent to treat his throat cancer wrecked his voice. Voice synthesis based on his own voice helps him sound like himself again:
https://www.sonantic.io/blog/helping-actor-val-kilmer-reclai...
Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#3I wonder how much money was offered. Or even if Jones gets royalty/"performance" fees everytime a movie uses his voice. I imagine old actors would put that licensing agreement in their wills, and their kids and grandkids would get to get to enjoy the earnings.
Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#4Looking forward to the JEJ Google Maps voice!
Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#5The next step is musicians. We'll be seeing that very shortly.
It'll be possible to make new music featuring Whitney Houston, Elvis, Chester Bennington, et al.
On orthogonal planes, we'll see the rise of more virtual musicians with completely artificial voices (Gorillaz meets Hatsune Miku++) and voice correction for non-vocalists.
Source: I work on this tech and we'll be launching something very soon in this space.
Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#6I wonder how much money was offered. Or even if Jones gets royalty/"performance" fees everytime a movie uses his voice. I imagine old actors would put that licensing agreement in their wills, and their kids and grandkids would get to get to enjoy the earnings.
That's the less interesting part IMO. The more interesting part is what happens when others make the same using public recordings... is this fair use?
Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#7Looking forward to the JEJ Google Maps voice!
"I am altering the route. Pray I do not alter it any further. Or, tap 'no thanks' to stay on the current route."
Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#8Looking forward to the JEJ Google Maps voice!
"I am altering the route. Pray I do not alter it any further. Or, tap 'no thanks' to stay on the current route."
Long long ago, in a Garmin far far away:
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2011/07/darth-vader...
Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#9I wonder how much money was offered. Or even if Jones gets royalty/"performance" fees everytime a movie uses his voice. I imagine old actors would put that licensing agreement in their wills, and their kids and grandkids would get to get to enjoy the earnings.
I wonder if their are stipulations around using the voice in advertisements or the ability to sell the voice to other companies.
Re: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Voice with AI
#10Looking forward to the JEJ Google Maps voice!
"I am altering the route. Pray I do not alter it any further. Or, tap 'no thanks' to stay on the current route."
https://fakeyou.com/tts/result/TR:qv34ck4p1y495bdxhr7q4k0acy...
I think the vocoder on this one is a bit off, but these are so trivial to make.