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Rise of the Machines: What is Voice Cloning?

Rise of the Machines: What is Voice Cloning?

Rise of the Machines: What is Voice Cloning?

In an age of self-driving cars and facial recognition on smart phones, how do you know the voice you are listening to is even real?

An idea that was once considered a hallmark of science-fiction has become weirdly relevant in recent years: the act of cloning.

It is not exactly “cloning” in any genetic sense per se. Voice cloning refers to the artificial duplication of someone’s speech to be engaged to say anything as if the person had said it themselves. It’s sufficient to make you question the audio you hear online.

Sounds exciting, right? Getting a renowned personality or politician to say anything! But give a thought more about the end of that sentence; say anything…

Is the ownership of our own voices at threat?

We will discuss the issue and discover what voice cloning is and how you can protect yourself against this risk.

What is Voice Cloning?

Voice cloning services exist across the web, many of which are free to use.

Voice cloning is part of the Deepfake trend that has swept the internet. Deepfakes are a special kind of disinformation that uses artificial intelligence to effortlessly duplicate a person’s face and transfer it onto someone else—applications of this span from safe fun to extensive abuse of someone’s agency over their own body.

Yes, inappropriate and unwarranted usage of a person’s face is a genuine threat. Deepfakes are responsible for exceptional risks to security, ownership, and media legality – all features that apply to the definition of voice cloning.

Examples of voice cloning are amazing and are unsettling in how commonplace they can be. AI and Text-to-Speech voice-over can be beneficial tools to generate voice-over formally. Applications include testing creative copy or quickly and cheaply making written content attainable to the visually impaired.

However, this presumes that original voice talent is pleased with the arrangement and is fairly remunerated. With advanced voice cloning procedures, this may become difficult to control.

So yes, we have a problem. As technology progresses and advanced functions become more attainable for the public. Anyone with enough content online is at risk of voice cloning.  Renowned Personalities and politicians are the obvious targets, but there are plenty of voice actors at risk too.

Are there genuine uses for Voice Cloning?

The probable applications for a synthetic and adaptable voice are boundless – it speaks to the core of the voice-over industry itself. Not all of these are certainly harmful either.

For example, modern role-playing video games (RPGs) have geared their supporters away from traditionally silent characters and given them voices. These characters can have thousands of lines to record.

While voiced characters provide Profundity, they also limit the player’s choices. A top-tier synthetic voice could evade the need to cut corners and provides the best of both worlds. But it’s not likely that AI voices will be able to match the emotional depth or scope of a human voice anytime soon.

So, what else?

Voice cloning is more probable to have used in both pre and post-production. Visualize voices read your script without the time-consuming task of requesting auditions? Or using a clone of the actors’ voices to test out text rewrites. In post-production, the capability to get pickups recorded without scheduling studio time could also be a blessing. And of course, in the rare case, an actor expires mid-production, a clone of their voice could help fill out any missing audio.

The Dangers of Voice Cloning

The future of the voice-over industry may be at the pity of this new technology. But what’s the long-term grief?

What is voice cloning’s possible observational threat to the ability of voice actors to work safely?

How can you protect your voice?

Protecting your voice from being utlilized is the real trick. Some may even want to go forward, cloning their own voice. But the most excellent way to protect a voice talent against unethical duplication and misuse is to promote legislation to protect against Deepfakes and methods included in voice cloning.

Protecting your vocal brand is crucial – so you should always stay up to date on evolutions in voice cloning tech!

One easy way to safeguard yourself is to restrict the places your voice can be heard in isolation. Make sure your demos have background music and effects, and this will make it tougher to clone your voice (though not impossible).

WordPar International provides digital and human voiceover and narration services in all languages. Please read further related articles below:

Voice-Over – the new Interface with your Audience

Voice-over and Voice Narration

Why do we require voiceover?

Professional, Amateur and Machine Voice-over

 

Challenges in the Voiceover Profession

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