Microsoft can simulate your voice

Stefan Mileschin · 11th January 2023, 09:10

All it needs is a three-second audio sample

Software King of the World Microsoft has announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person’s voice when given a three-second audio sample.

Once it has heard you speak for three seconds, VALL-E can synthesise audio of you saying anything and mimic your emotional tone.

Volish Boffins claim that VALL-E could be used for high-quality text-to-speech applications, speech editing where a recording of a person could be edited and changed from a text transcript (making them say something they never did), and audio content creation when combined with other generative AI models like GPT-3.

While the tech behind the idea is interesting, it does not seem that anyone has thought – this is an idiotic idea which could be used to do no good.

https://fudzilla.com/news/ai/56125-m...ate-your-voice

11th January 2023, 09:10	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Microsoft can simulate your voice All it needs is a three-second audio sample Software King of the World Microsoft has announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person’s voice when given a three-second audio sample. Once it has heard you speak for three seconds, VALL-E can synthesise audio of you saying anything and mimic your emotional tone. Volish Boffins claim that VALL-E could be used for high-quality text-to-speech applications, speech editing where a recording of a person could be edited and changed from a text transcript (making them say something they never did), and audio content creation when combined with other generative AI models like GPT-3. While the tech behind the idea is interesting, it does not seem that anyone has thought – this is an idiotic idea which could be used to do no good. https://fudzilla.com/news/ai/56125-m...ate-your-voice

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