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Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech

330 points · 152 comments · swolpers

simonw · 1790180397 · focus · HN ↗
> Voice replication: Recreate consistent vocal profiles from just a 30-second audio sample of your voice or a voice you have the rights to use, backed by built-in consent verification, SynthID watermarking, and C2PA credentials to protect both developers and their vocal talent.
I guess voice cloning is widely enough available now from other providers that Google are no longer hesitant to ship it.
1. miltonlost · 1790181361 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. imjonse · 1790182133 · focus · HN ↗
    voice cloning is a tool, it is not necessarily evil, even though the scenarios it can be used for nefarious purposes outnumber the legitimate ones.
    bakies · 1790182799 · focus · HN ↗
    is the legit ones just like... putting carrie fisher in star wars?
    gegtik · 1790183415 · focus · HN ↗
    usually people bring up anyone who is losing physical control of their voice faculties, so they can have a synthetic voice that matches their natural voice
    jolan · 1790183739 · focus · HN ↗
    As an example of this, Sarah Langs uses a synthesized voice due to the progression of her ALS symptoms.
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Langs" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Langs
    simonw · 1790184055 · focus · HN ↗
    The iPhone has a built in voice cloner hidden in the accessibility settings for exactly this use-case: creating a backup of your voice in case you need it in the future.
    lynx97 · 1790230325 · focus · HN ↗
    Yeah, but its only available for english IIRC.

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