介绍:
觉得自己的声音不好听，想试着用明星的声音说话，机会来了!
Now , we all know it's common place to donate organs.
But in 2014, scientists have gone one step further.
A company in Boston has developed a way to extract whatever sounds a speech-impaired person can produce then use this to create a synthetic voice that also uses words from a surrogate voice donor.
In short, people will be able to donate their voices to help those with severe speech impediments.
Comments
Pete from Mail Online says "I would be more than happy to donate my voice to a man who needs one. It's not like it'll cost me mine"
Also from the Daily Mail's website, this is Hamilton…. "Oh come on, enough is enough, sometimes you just have to accept your fate and the life and cards that mother nature, God, the Universe or the big bang has dealt you."
Well, over on Twitter Sharron says 'Where do we draw the line? If this company isn't careful people will start changing their voices just because they feel like it.'
Discussion
The company, which is called VocalID, hopes that soon people can record and donate their voices using a phone or web app instead of relying on professional studios.
While VocaliD is still in its early stages and experts are perfecting the recording process, they hope to use a web program or phone app so that people can record their voice remotely in a quiet place, as the better the recording, the more realistic the voice created.
To build the custom voices, experts at VocaliD – whose founders are based in Delaware and Boston – extract whatever sounds a speech-impaired person can produce and apply them to a synthetic voice that is partially created from a surrogate voice donor.
Donor voices are selected to match a 'target talker' in age, size and sex so that their new synthetic voice contains as much of their original vocal identity as possible – but with the speech clarity of the surrogate voice donor.
Comments
Over on the International Business Times, here's Chris. "I think this is wonderful news! A person should never be without a voice! It's the most important tool anyone can posses."
Also from Twitter Mary says ...."From a business point of view this idea is great. However, I question the morality of this whole thing. A person's voice is someone's identity - it's not a satellite navigation system.
And finally Steve, also from the International Business Time says…."What a terrible, terrible idea!! All this is going to inspire is for people to walk around sounding like Morgan Freeman or Louis Armstrong!
