• Adobe Voco 'Photoshop-for-voice' causes concern
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37899902[/url]
we're going in a strange direction
oh my god that is incredible [editline]7th November 2016[/editline] i can see voco being used to improve text to speech services
And this is different from photoshop how exactly? A mediocre PS user can make very convincing images, a skilled user can fool judges and other trained eyes, even among photography and editing professionals. What makes this so much scarier exactly? Just because its voice? Plus the article mentions they are looking into transparent water marking, this is alarmist as balls.
Voco being the "Photoshop for voice" automatically cancels out the fear factor for me because of how cool this sounds.
[QUOTE=Socram;51324137]And this is different from photoshop how exactly? A mediocre PS user can make very convincing images, a skilled user can fool judges and other trained eyes, even among photography and editing professionals. What makes this so much scarier exactly? Just because its voice? Plus the article mentions they are looking into transparent water marking, this is alarmist as balls.[/QUOTE] You read the article, right? This is a software that can edit voice clips almost seamlessly. Sure, you can use this to fix audio books, but you could, for example, edit a recorded phone call. At least they have plans for a watermark or something.
[QUOTE=Makzu;51324304]You read the article, right? This is a software that can edit voice clips almost seamlessly. Sure, you can use this to fix audio books, but you could, for example, edit a recorded phone call. At least they have plans for a watermark or something.[/QUOTE] Well that's hardly different from editing a photograph Sounds cool to me
[QUOTE=Lolkork;51324297]i guess we cant trust what we hear people say in recordings anymore. Just as how we can't trust pictures and videos. This wont be a problem problem as long as you are critical.[/QUOTE] couldn't trust 'em before, it's what doesn't get recorded that is the problem, but now it works both ways so we're a lil more screwed than we were
You could make some great memes out of this software I reckon.
[QUOTE=Makzu;51324304]You read the article, right? This is a software that can edit voice clips almost seamlessly. Sure, you can use this to fix audio books, but you could, for example, edit a recorded phone call. At least they have plans for a watermark or something.[/QUOTE] You read my post right? Nothing in your reply is even in response to the point I was making, being terrified of this is like being terrified of PS which no one here gives a shit about because they've grown up with it. PS hasn't incriminated innocent people, and neither will this in the end. And then you repeated my last line almost verbatim...?
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3l4XLZ59iw[/media] so I've been waiting this for a while, the software was there but not put togeather. It's very tiresome to make your own speech box, I remember playing with a boxy speechbot, good times.
Photoshop has made far more good than bad, and I'm sure this will too. Not like you couldn't edit photos and audio before them. Worth to consider that this program needs 20 minutes of recorded speech to synthetize.
So it's a more advanced Audacity with some vocoder features? I expected better from the BBC, lots of sensationalism on this report. I doubt people will be falsifying statements or breaking into bank accounts with it anytime soon, especially considering you could potentially do this now (much harder but still possible) in programs like Audacity or even Adobe's own Audition. I would love to see how people use this with existing videogame voiceovers to make new dialogue though.
[QUOTE=Whomobile;51327839] I would love to see how people use this with existing videogame voiceovers to make new dialogue though.[/QUOTE] Mods that use existing characters are going to be AMAZING
[QUOTE=Whomobile;51327839]So it's a more advanced Audacity with some vocoder features? I expected better from the BBC, lots of sensationalism on this report. I doubt people will be falsifying statements or breaking into bank accounts with it anytime soon, especially considering you could potentially do this now (much harder but still possible) in programs like Audacity or even Adobe's own Audition. I would love to see how people use this with existing videogame voiceovers to make new dialogue though.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure neither Audacity or Audition can simulate a real voice out of samples. You can use it to edit parts of voice clips together but that's it.
[QUOTE=Talishmar;51327806]Worth to consider that this program needs 20 minutes of recorded speech to synthetize.[/QUOTE] This is a really important point. 20 minutes of continuous talking is actually quite a lot.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;51328543]This is a really important point. 20 minutes of continuous talking is actually quite a lot.[/QUOTE] Not a lot when you're talking about someone who speaks publicly a lot. Like a politician or an actor.
[QUOTE=simkas;51328553]Not a lot when you're talking about someone who speaks publicly a lot. Like a politician or an actor.[/QUOTE] Or pretty much everyone famous enough to participate in podcast or in couple of interviews.
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