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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Quartz on August 04, 2024, 05:05:29 pm

Title: AI narration
Post by: Quartz on August 04, 2024, 05:05:29 pm
I'm sure many of us have listened to videos on YouTube that appear to be narrated by David Attenborough but actually are AI renditions. I wonder if the software is available to do that for the various voice actors of Freespace and Freespace 2.
Title: Re: AI narration
Post by: Iain Baker on August 04, 2024, 05:28:38 pm
Yep, it is - you just need the voice files to train the ai with - the more voice samples you have the better the end result.

Someone already cloned Petrarch/Robert Loggia’s voice with it and the results were pretty convincing when it was used in a parody skit.

The issue is more about if it’s ok to clone someone’s voice without their permission, from both a legal and moral aspect, and what might happen if the person in question / their estate / their lawyers etc. we’re to find out.
Title: Re: AI narration
Post by: Grizzly on August 04, 2024, 07:18:13 pm
There's a couple of campaigns that use ai/tts voices for their campaigns, Solaris is a noteworthy example.
But recreating an existing person's voice has a couple of ethical concerns for very little benifit.
Title: Re: AI narration
Post by: Iain Baker on August 04, 2024, 10:16:07 pm
There's a couple of campaigns that use ai/tts voices for their campaigns, Solaris is a noteworthy example.
But recreating an existing person's voice has a couple of ethical concerns for very little benifit.

Yep, exactly this.

Eleven labs does a pretty good job of creating voices in general. Vassago’s Dirge Voiced is a good example, although it mixes in some real people too.
Title: Re: AI narration
Post by: Quartz on August 05, 2024, 04:38:05 am
The issue is more about if it’s ok to clone someone’s voice without their permission, from both a legal and moral aspect,

Of course.
Title: Re: AI narration
Post by: Admiral Nelson on August 06, 2024, 03:16:53 pm
Elevenlabs has tons of AI voices that can be used guilt free.
Title: Re: AI narration
Post by: BengalTiger on August 11, 2024, 10:50:26 pm
Imagine Bosch doing his monologue, but drunk...