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davidmonteath
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 Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:39 am Post subject: Well this could be fun in the future. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6994595.stm
What do you all think?
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Brett Mason
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Me thinks one should embrace all technology....
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davidmonteath
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Dear Brett 2000, sometimes you really frighten me!!!!!! 
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Bruce
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Sorry. I'm not buying it. Sometime long after they perfect truly realistic video animation, they might get close with the voice, but there are so many characteristics besides the physical dimensions of the throat that make up an individual's voice, that I don't think we'll see it (hear it) in our lifetimes.
(I pray that's true anyway.)
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CWToo
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| Bruce wrote: | | I don't think we'll see it (hear it) in our lifetimes. |
Arthur C. Clark said, "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." |
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LaughterHeals
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:16 am Post subject: |
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| Bruce wrote: | Sorry. I'm not buying it. Sometime long after they perfect truly realistic video animation, they might get close with the voice, but there are so many characteristics besides the physical dimensions of the throat that make up an individual's voice, that I don't think we'll see it (hear it) in our lifetimes.
(I pray that's true anyway.)
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In the behind the scenes clips of Pixar's production of "Finding Nemo", the whale scene became so realistic that they actually had to back off and make seem less real! If you're basing your view that we're not there yet on what we can do visually to simulate real life, we're in trouble!
I'm wondering what VOs will do in the future if all the producers need is a sampling of, say, Phillip's voice to reproduce all that he does. Instant unemployment! [sorry Philip! the more talented of us are likely to be the first to go because of demand.] Of course, they're be possible legal battles for existing voices, but they could offer the possability of "buying out" someone's voice or using an existing voice as a template, modifying it a bit, and have their own unique voice to just plug whatever script into. hmm... It's a ways off but frightening to consider, in my opinion.
James
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