DailyDirt: Computers Talking Back
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We've covered the uncanny valley of various visual works before, but it's interesting that synthetic speech doesn't seem quite as polished as digital photo and video editing. Apple's Siri might be able to respond with some pretty witty comebacks, but everyone can still tell that the voice is computer generated. Here are a few interesting links on artificially-generated sounds and voices.- AutoTune is so last century -- bringing back voices from the dead is the new zombie world order. Vocaloid researchers have developed software that can re-create a person's singing voice without recordings of the person singing every syllable possible. [url]
- Audio editing software is becoming more like Photoshop -- and pretty soon everyone will be able to create podcasts that sound like NPR. This kind of software has been around for a while, but it's getting more sophisticated and has more tools for extracting and refining voices and sound effects. [url]
- Stephen Hawking's voice is in need of some new maintenance and upgrades, but apparently the company that made the hardware for his voice synthesizer went out of business. Hmm. How was Hawking's rap persona created? [url]
- To discover more interesting tech-related content, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]
Filed Under: audio editing, autotune, photoshop, software, stephen hawking, synthetic speech, voices
Companies: vocaloid
