Re:OpenVoice: Versatile Instant Voice Cloning
by Terr_ on Friday March 29, 2024 @05:35PM
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The idea of a personalized protagonist voice is interesting, but I'd worry about some kind of uncanny valley where it sounds like myself but is using the wrong word-choices or inflections.
Actually, getting it to sound "like myself" in the first place is an extra challenge! For many people even actual recordings sound "wrong", probably because your self-perception involves spoken sound being transmitted through your neck and head, with a different blend of frequencies.
After that is solved, there's still the problem of bystanders remarking: "Is that supposed to sound like you? It doesn't sound like you."
Actually, getting it to sound "like myself" in the first place is an extra challenge! For many people even actual recordings sound "wrong", probably because your self-perception involves spoken sound being transmitted through your neck and head, with a different blend of frequencies.
After that is solved, there's still the problem of bystanders remarking: "Is that supposed to sound like you? It doesn't sound like you."