Maybe I'm getting old, but, I have to say, seeing stuff like "Alan Turing™" (a legend and titan of computing history, followed by a ™) really bums me out. I don't believe for one second that any of the deceased people listed here would want their likeness emulated in such a hollow, mechanical, and inhuman way for all of eternity.
The Eleven Labs list seems to be almost all deceased, if not retired. This is likely easier than licensing the voice of someone actively selling it already. For the others in your list that match this criteria, probably just a matter of demand.
An enormous bummer of a fact is that Majel Barrett, who was the voice of the computer on Star Trek (along with a number of other roles), did phonetic voice recordings specifically to reproduce her voice, yet nobody has used those recordings to do so. I'd love to see her on this list.
Maybe I'm getting old, but, I have to say, seeing stuff like "Alan Turing™" (a legend and titan of computing history, followed by a ™) really bums me out. I don't believe for one second that any of the deceased people listed here would want their likeness emulated in such a hollow, mechanical, and inhuman way for all of eternity.
These are not all iconic voices, people definitely but what about:
Bootsy Collins, Snoop Dogg, Gilbert Gottfried , Arnie, Christopher Walken, Matt Berry....
Imagine the cast of Futurama voice acting the Bhagavad-Gita, or Vincent price reading twilight, this is the cutting edge shit the world needs.
The Eleven Labs list seems to be almost all deceased, if not retired. This is likely easier than licensing the voice of someone actively selling it already. For the others in your list that match this criteria, probably just a matter of demand.
An enormous bummer of a fact is that Majel Barrett, who was the voice of the computer on Star Trek (along with a number of other roles), did phonetic voice recordings specifically to reproduce her voice, yet nobody has used those recordings to do so. I'd love to see her on this list.
There's plenty of open source tools out there that you can use to do this. Why wait for someone else to make something that you're passionate about?
You mean Lwaxana Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Riix, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed?
Won’t this just lead to these iconic voices becoming a commodity and being played everywhere and losing their value?
I'd personally want to hear new voices, not more of the same. I wonder if products like this take away from the opportunity for new talent to arise.
It makes sense to allow people to license their own voice on a per project basis.
Voices of dead actors? Feels wrong.
Yikes
Classic shovel mentality.
> Request licensing for ...
Translation: "We'll be your middle man..."
I find it hard to believe they already have the 'Ok' from Maya Angelou. Maybe I'm wrong.
Agreed.
Regardless of getting the "ok" or not, this use of AI just feels morbid.