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CWMF: Ukraine-Based Respeecher Touts Voice Cloning Tech

... One example of that new technology is the voice cloning software for content creators developed by Kyiv, Ukraine-based Respeecher, whose CEO, Alex Serdiuk, was one of the speakers on March 22, during the closing keynote “Innovation in Dubbing Technology – Friend or Foe?” at the sixth annual Content Workflow Management Forum.

The event was held in conjunction with the eighth annual Content Protection Summit Europe at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London and as a virtual event via the MESAverse, allowing for remote attendance worldwide.

Deepfakes are becoming ever more realistic now, so this seems like a perfect time to talk about the ethics around some of the innovation we’re seeing, in addition to reviewing the positive impact that many of these technologies are having and stand to have in the future. ...

One use case for the Respeech tech is making Tom Hanks sound like Tom Hanks, including the timbre of his voice, in multiple languages despite using local performers in each region instead of the star to actually record the audio, Serdiuk said.

The tech can also be used to add flexibility to the work of localisation studios in each region, expanding their options to include additional voice actors, he said, noting that’s been of particular interest to those studios. ...

See the full story here; https://www.mesaonline.org/2022/03/28/cwmf-ukraine-based-respeecher-touts-voice-cloning-tech/