- Scotland Rail Service has changed the sound of the Human Train announcement with AI on some routes
- Sound Technology Swedish Company is powered by Red Speaker
- A voice actor claims that the company is using its voice without permission, but the Red Speaker says he “solved” these complaints “comprehensively.
If you live in Scotland, or sometimes visit our beautiful country and travel on the train, you may have heard the stations stops and other information that declares women’s voice.
However, the train company Scotter has now changed the famous voice with the AI, which has caused a riot among the passengers – and claims to a voice actor that Scatriel has stolen his voice.
The new AI announcement is called Iona, and the robotic voice has replaced a human being, the majority of which have increased with the scats. Iona is currently moving all over Scotland’s routes, but has so far faced enmity.
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The AI ​​Voice uses text -to -speech technology that allows train conductors to input input, which is then spoken in the public address system by Iona.
It’s my voice!
After a preliminary response against the AI ​​Voice Rollout, Scatterl responded to X.Give it time and it can grow on you.“
A man whose voice is not rising is the Vice -actor Gian Potter, who has accused the Scottish government -owned train company of stealing his voice. Potter is a voice actor who did something for the Swedish company Red Speaker in 2021.
The Red Speaker is the company behind Iona, and at that time, Ms Potter was told that her sound work would be used only for leak and e -learning software.
Then when a friend sent him a link to the Red Speaker’s website, Potter recognized the sound, and saw the similarities between his own tone and Iona, a personality in which Scatrical is marketing as a red-haired Scottish woman, which is also a syllable.
Ms Potter told the BBC, “This is my voice – I’m very sure it’s my voice.” Potter has been in a dispute with the Red Speaker over the use of his voice for two years.
In response to the complaints, the Red Speaker told the BBC, “The Red Speaker is aware of Ms Potter’s concerns, and has repeatedly addressed Ms Potter’s legal representative several times in the past.”
In BBC Report You can hear the comparison between Ms. Potter and Iona. It cannot be denied that voices are very similar, though the real problem here is the protection of workers in the creative industry, and it is aware that they sign their rights when they create work.
Potter said, “It is difficult for people of the creative industry to maintain a career, but coating your own robotic version just adds to the insult to injury.”
This is the only latest dispute in the debate about who is in the AI’s rapidly developing world. Potter says she did not know at the time that her voice would be used to train hearing robotic in Scotland. Now, she can’t escape her ‘her’ voice.