Interim voices (5); First community voice actor model
Added 2022-02-15 17:18:07 +0000 UTCSo the strawpoll in the last post apparently doesn't work (fab), but I got another poll going on the discord server, and the vote was overwhelmingly (17 for, 6 against) in favour of doing more voice re-training v1->v2, rather than a new set of voices. The re-training is underway for a good number of voices, but a couple are done already that I can share already, and there were also some novel requests.
The voices included are:
- GTA Vice City: Steve
- GTA Vice City: Victor
- Skyrim: MaleDarkElfCynical
- Morrowind: MaleDunmer
I went to re-train the mw dunmer voice, but when I put the files in the app, it seems I hadn't actually trained this voice before, so this is actually a new one!
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Also this batch, is the first voice model trained on the voice of a community modder/voice actor. I spoke with them first, of course, to ensure all permissions were resolved. The model is released with a CC BY-NC license (this will show up in the app in a future update), meaning it can't be used for commercial stuff - just keep it for modding/machinima/etc, to keep things fair.
The voice actor goes by the name HadToRegister, and the voice they recorded sounds like Arnold when he played the Terminator. As we begin including voices from the community (another is most likely on the way), I ask now that we ensure their uses are fair towards the voice actors. It is up to us as a community to not mess this up, and keep everyone happy, or else we will lose this kind of privilege.
