If you ever wished to talk ‘posh’, or deliver dialogues like your favorite science fiction hero, ace your boss’s signature baritone or just ape that robot from the popular movie, look no further. ‘Modulate’ offers to deliver you a fantasy set of modulations for any input voice.
The startup uses Machine Learning to convert your voice as you speak. All you need to do, is speak into the microphone & you’ll be heard in your chosen voice.
Modulate calls the voice inputs “voice skins” & offers solutions using their Cloud servers for any real-time application. So now, using this platform, you may have your latest e-book read to you in a variety of relevant character voices. Also, gaming aficionados could now articulate in their digital avatar’s voice.
Using the tool, you may also project your voice to suggest a particular ambience or a setting. For instance, you can use the voice to bring alive a a historical drama set in the 1920’s gangland America or personify a character from a story set before the Civil War.
Nevertheless, your customized & realistic voice will be free from class, gender or socio-economic inflection or distinction. The founders, Mike Pappas & Carter Huffman, call it “freedom of voice for everyone.”
‘Sounds’ about right?
- Using the tool, you may impress your business clients with details of your latest products articulated in perfect tone.
- Your voice may fill in for voice over artistes, too.
- The tool may help you capture listeners’ attention. So now, you may do an “Obama”, however, the words will be all yours.
Ethics are a primary concern for the makers & they are determined to see their hard work used wisely, as they state on their Website. Therefore, the users need not fear about voice fraud. Nevertheless, the Site also mentions that to prevent possible misuse, all the audio generated by them is watermarked.
Modulate’s Website is a playground of interactive demo samples. Users can upload their voice sample & listen to a cleverly modulated playback. Rich in detail aimed at their potential clients, the Website is not only fun to navigate, but is also informative.
If you wish to add voice skins to your product or service, you can join their Beta program.
– This is a startup profile based on publicly available material & not a review –
Image credit: Modulate
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