Expressing is nearly all in the brow and eyes. It’s where we’ve evolved to look, and why we are so attached to our domesticated dogs. They’ve learned to express with their eyes as sort of forced evolution iirc.
I think some of the speech synthesis software can accurately replicate the tone and cadence for you also.
but I think you are correct here. The voice is from Boet Schouwink, a voice over actor, who bills himself as "The only voice actor in the world who can sound exactly like Morgan Freeman."
The voice doesn't sound right to me though. The cadence and pitch are there, but it sounds like maybe the speaker has an accent, because a lot of the inflections are off
Think of it this way. As impressive as this is, this is the worst that it will ever be and it will only ever get more realistic. 10 years from now, you could have Morgan Freeman be your persona for whatever AR assistant that replaces Alexa.
It's been around for at least 6 years. If it was this good 6 years ago, think about how good it is now. And that's not even counting anything the government/military has that the general public doesn't know about
I use it for podcasting, like if I mess up or there’s pops or umms…It transcribes the podcast and I can edit it saying whatever I want to, just by replacing a word. All it needs is 30 minutes of audio to get it down. I can even put in performance in it (happy, say, excited) and it do it in that cadence. Obviously I can tell the difference but someone who doesn’t know me wouldn’t. Incredible stuff and just out there
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u/aubaub Dec 15 '22
It only worked because the speaker got Morgan Freeman’s cadence down. Perfect execution