AI technology has so far been limited in how close it could replicate a person’s voice but that is all set to change. Companies like Descript and Podcastle are leading the way in AI voice cloning which allows users to clone human voices for a variety of purpose. For instance, Descript’s AI editing service allows for the automatic cleaning up of audio recordings by removing pauses, filler words, and other awkward audio elements.
Podcastle, on the other hand, offers an even more sophisticated AI tool in the form of Revoice. This tool can generate the exact intonations of a person’s voice and is used heavily in production editing tasks. For instance, if somebody mispronounces a name or date, the virtual voice clone can be tasked with saying it correctly and pasted in as an edit. This technology will only get better as AI advances, and soon enough, we could even hear the voices of long gone relatives approaching us from our audio feeds.
Descript is startup company based in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to voice and audio technology. Founded in 2016, the company’s suite of AI-driven tools and solutions enables anyone to create digital audio content with ease. Aside from its editing feature, the company also offers a cloud-based multi-track recording program and real-time metadata extraction.
Artavazd Yeritsyan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Descript. Having co-founded the company when he was just 18, Yeritsyan is the leading the charge in giving users the power to create pure audio content with ease. Yeritsyan is also a staunch advocate of AI being used for the greater good, and he wants to equip the next generation of content creators with the right tools to simplify their workflows.
