Why TikTok changed to a new text-to-speech voice
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nypost.comwrote user @fymlili along with the new cheery “imposter” text-to-voice function. I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION #texttospeech #fyp #foryou #foryoupahe #update #ConjuringHorror #sad #tiktok #siri #trend #helpCountless other fans of the robot voice took to TikTok to decry the new change.
But the reason behind the switch may be a legal one. According to a lawsuit obtained by The Post, a voice actress named Bev Standing claimed TikTok used her voice in their text-to-speech function without her permission.
The suit, filed May 5, claims that Standing did the voice work for a company called “Institute of Acoustics . . . purportedly for Chinese translations.” “As far as I’m concerned, TikTok is not my client, and so how they got this audio is unknown,”.
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