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Re:Personalized voice recordings by Elwood "You've got mail!... by yladiz on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @07:22AM (#42710096)
I wonder how many recordings he did. I hope that more people come out of the woodwork and share the recordings they bought from him, like in this case, especially if there are some slightly silly ones (like "Use the source, Luke!").

Aside: I was so worried it was going to be an AI voice generator based on his voice. I sadly think it's inevitable but I can hope he didn't make enough recordings to be able to reliably synthesize his voice.

Re:Personalized voice recordings by Elwood "You've got mail!... by HeatrayEnjoyer on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:09AM (#42711654)
> Aside: I was so worried it was going to be an AI voice generator based on his voice. I sadly think it's inevitable but I can hope he didn't make enough recordings to be able to reliably synthesize his voice.

I have bad news about the state of voice cloning...

Re:Personalized voice recordings by Elwood "You've got mail!... by digitallis42 on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:12AM (#42749343)
There was an entire skit series, numerous videos and interviews... Just about the only confounder is that he used many voices and accents.