Voice cloning could make people who can’t speak naturally more independent, better able to make use of the devices that can be vocally commanded.Īccording to Ovum’s Digital Assistant and Voice AI–Capable Device Forecast: 2016–21, by 2021 voice assistants will outnumber the human beings that live on Earth. But there is more to what groundbreaking voice conversion technology can do for the vocally impaired people.Ĭonsider the expansion of home automation technologies with vocal control. The ability to communicate, sharing thoughts and feelings by uttering words is extremely important, in fact, it is among those things that make us, humans, special.

Giving the ability to speak naturally back to people who suffer from a wide range of medical conditions.

And the young generation leads the way - 84% of millennials already use voice assistants to help them keep track of their daily schedule and responsibilities.

According to an AppDynamics report from 2018, half the web searches were forecasted to be voice driven by 2020.Ħ1% of the surveyed IT decision-makers take this even further, expecting that voice commands would completely replace manually typed commands for finding information on the Internet. What about use cases for businesses? Numbers show that there is a huge opportunity for economic organizations to leverage voice to acquire and retain new business.

However, we do allow non-deceptive use of the voices of historical figures and politicians, such as Richard Nixon or Barack Obama, but only for projects that meet ethical standards.

We do not use the voice of a private person or an actor without permission, and we always ask for voice owners’ written consent. We are committed to ensuring that our groundbreaking technology is only used for ethical projects, and does not fall into the wrong hands. Precisely because we are fully aware of this, we at Respeecher place a great deal of emphasis on the use of voice technology in ways that minimize the risk of fooling people into thinking someone said something they didn’t. If used inappropriately, deepfake voice technology can perpetrate deceit and harassment. However, there is no denying that it can pose a significant threat to democratic processes, particularly to those related to the value of privacy. It is already being used in the film and TV industry, gaming, call centers, and it is also potentially convenient for encryption and therapy. It can be put in the service of voice synthesis that can give a voice back to people who would otherwise lose it due to acute or chronic conditions such as ALS, apraxia, traumatic brain injury, stroke, etc. Deepfake voice technology based on voice cloning, or quasi-perfect reproductions of a person’s voice, can be used both for the good and for the bad.

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