Seattle-based WellSaid Labs is using voice actors and artificial intelligence to create synthetic voices that sound a heck of a lot like people.
San Francisco It could be any ad on YouTube: A blonde model playfully puts her hand in front of the camera lens, dons white sunglasses and flashes a grin. In the background, hip-hop music plays while an unmistakably female voice says,"Fashion changes, but style lasts forever."
The ad — part of a demo reel on YouTube created by a new startup called WellSaid Labs — is short and slick. But something is a bit different. While the model you see is a human, the background voice you hear only sounds like one.The Seattle-based company is using voice actors and artificial intelligence to create synthetic voices that sound a heck of a lot like people.
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