My Dad died when I was 14. Though it was a while ago. Computers and Macs were around though.
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iOS 17 Lets You Create a Voice That Sounds Like You
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My Dad died when I was 14. Though it was a while ago. Computers and Macs were around though.
I thought all the announcements were cool, but this is the most important feature for me. 👍🏻
My dear old dad died from cancer of the oesophagus many years ago. The biggest blow for him at the time, was losing his voice. This would’ve been an absolute godsend.
If only we had this five years ago before my mother passed. What I wouldn't give to hear her voice just one more time.
Not only is this an amazing quality of life improvement for those with speech difficulties, but it is disruptive of current equivalent technology that takes much longer to set up and costs thousands of dollars to do pretty much the same thing
One semester when I was teaching at college I had my first case of laryngitis, which lasted a week. I taught my classes with text-to-speech on the Mac in the classroom. I basically sat and typed my lecture and the computer spoke it over the sound system. But it would have been cool if I could have done it in my voice. 
Can I get a friend to make a recording for me, then use it to "type to talk"? I know it's advertised as saving your own voice for future use, but my speech isn't good to begin with.
I am not sure. I am torn on this. On one hand, it would be nice to have someone's voice in the event they pass. On the flip side, how long before we have cases where people use someone else's voice to say things they never said like admitting to committing a crime they did not commit or scamming parents to send kids money when it wasnt their kid's request.
Can voices be downloaded. I would like to get a Steve Jobs voice, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vin Diesel, and Archie Bunker.
This technology is already widely available for free, Apple is just adopting it late.
As for the scams look at the several reports on YouTube, it has been used successfully to fool a bank's voice verification. And the very popular "Mom/dad I am in trouble, send money" scams are on the rise because they are now more credible.
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This with the creepy eyes and the creepy Vision facetime persona is going to make for crazy pranks.
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Search YouTube for the presidents play Minecraft or Kanye sings….some song he didn’t sing. This technology is being used in crazy ways and no doubt what you suggest should be possible
How weird would it be to hear a loved one who has died talk to you with their iPhone?
Has anyone gotten this to work yet?
I know it said it'd take some time, but the progress on generating the voice has been stuck at 0% for a while now
I know it said it'd take some time, but the progress on generating the voice has been stuck at 0% for a while now
Yes except the subscription for MOV is €99 per year and the set up is little bit more complex. This comes with your phone.I wonder if Apple licensed it, since it sounds like Acapela tech. Even some of the marketing and training info sounds similar.
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I think it would be wonderful. My ex passed away many years ago and I’d give anything to hear his voice again. 💙
Is the data stored in an iCloud backup, I wonder? It would be a travesty if you lost it if you needed to replace your phone.
Only English supported??
With the first iOS 17 beta, Apple has introduced a new accessibility feature called Personal Voice. First highlighted earlier this year, Personal Voice is designed to allow you to use artificial intelligence to create a replica of your voice.
The feature is aimed at those who are at risk of losing their ability to speak, with Personal Voice offering these individuals the chance to "create a voice that sounds like them" for communication purposes.
Personal Voice is available in the initial iOS 17 beta, so developers can begin testing it right away. It can be found under Accessibility > Personal Voice. Creating a Personal Voice is process that takes around an hour. Recording requires a quiet place with little to no background noise, with Apple instructing users to speak naturally at a consistent volume while holding the iPhone approximately six inches from the face.
If there is too much background noise in your location, Apple will warn you that you need to find a quieter place to record.
Personal Voice requires you to read a series of sentences aloud, after which your iPhone will generate and store your Personal Voice. The Personal Voice can then be used with the Live Speech feature, which allows users to type-to-speak in FaceTime, the Phone app, and other communication apps.
Personal Voice will be available to the general public when Apple releases the first public beta of iOS 17. Apple has said that iOS 17 will be available to public beta testers next month.
Article Link: iOS 17 Lets You Create a Voice That Sounds Like You
Plan on skipping school or siphoning funds off their private accounts? Naughty you!
LMAO ... 'Get to the Choppa!'
'What are we going to do with all these wessels?'
'She chips, she chicks by da she show'
lol. accents are cool and sometimes funny. But NONE are as awesome as the Irish or Scottish English accents to the novice listener in a bar. The ONLY accents which actually gets clearer the more you drink to listen LMAO.
Ooh yeah this is deep fake audio into the hands of the consumer. Now add that to visual 3D representation of you done with VisionOS with Vision Pro headset ... some really interesting things could happen.