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AI is rapidly advancing and soon will be part of anything possible. Scary for voice actors. And for writers. Tom Jordan’s livelihood depends on both fields, but rather than fret about the threat, he’s figuring how to build a business future with AI. Here’s how. Part 1 …
Red flags about AI / synthetic voices abound in today’s voice over contracts. Look for them and know what they mean in order to protect your vocal identity – and income. Either negotiate changes to those onerous terms or charge appropriately for your work. In Part 2 of this series, Vocal Variants details what to spot in contracts, and what to do when those flags arise …
Hey! That’s YOUR voice being cloned! Without your permission – or payment. What to do? As AI’s synthetic voices creep deeper into the voice over world, new organization Vocal Variants details how to protect your vocal identity and the use of your voice. Part 1 …
J. Michael Collins makes some dire predictions for the future of low-end, low-paying voice over jobs in the advancing age of AI. So he’s taking the high road: Verified Human. Here’s why you might want to, as well …
You’ve got enough competition in VO without competing with yourself. Attorney / voice actor Rob Sciglimpaglia warns that It’s ‘career suicide” to record text-to-speech / artificial intelligence projects that clone your voice – without giving yourself any control over where your voice will appear. He reports here on a new breed of projects that DO give you that control, and what to look for in contracts …
Voice actor Bev Standing’s legal case against TikTok over unauthorized use of her voice in the social media giant’s text-to-speech feature has concluded – but not the entire story. Here are the lessons learned and a pay-it-forward gift …
Popular voice actor Christi Bowen tells us she recently lost an eLearning job – not to a colleague, but to a machine. To a voice created by artificial intelligence. This is happening more and more, especially in eLearning projects. What can we human voices do about it?
It’s been a little over two busy weeks since a lawsuit was filed against social media giant TikTok by voice actor Bev Standing for unauthorized use of her voice in that system’s text-to-speech feature. Reports of that suit on VoiceOverXtra and other media have rallied the voice over community on social media …
One day last November while working online, voice actor Bev Standing was puzzled … then shocked … then panicked … as alerts began arriving about Standing’s voice being heard on TikTok’s text-to-speech feature. She’s now suing TikTok for unauthorized use of her computer-generated words. And Standing’s attorney, Robert J. Sciglimpaglia Jr., warns that TTS gigs are voice over “career suicide” …