Several famous actors and industry advocacy groups are in a panic over the great strides being made in AI voiceover matching, which involves the use of computer robots that are able to mimic the voices of real people – and nobody can tell the difference.
If a robot can be programmed to sound just like your favorite voiceover actors, then production companies are sure to use them instead of the real thing and save lots of money in the process – this is what high-paid voiceover actors everywhere fear most.
A company called ElevenLabs recently released a beta version of a new software program that is capable of making “on-demand multilingual audio support a reality across education, streaming, audiobooks, gaming, movies, and even real-time conversation.” Once out of beta, this software program could replace human voice acting forever.
Voiceover actors are now having to pay very close attention to the
contracts they sign as many of them contain waiver clauses that
effectively sign away the rights to their own voices and hand them over
to synthesized AI robot computers....<<<Read More>>>...
