The Synthetization of Human Voices

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2017
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Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
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01A - Journal article
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AI & Society
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-017-0748-x
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http://hdl.handle.net/11654/25538
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34
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Springer
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The synthetization of voices, or speech synthesis, has been an object of interest for centuries. It is mostly realized with a text-to-speech system, an automaton that interprets and reads aloud. This system refers to text available for instance on a website or in a book, or entered via popup menu on the website. Today, just a few minutes of samples are enough to be able to imitate a speaker convincingly in all kinds of statements. This article abstracts from actual products and actual technological realization. Rather, after a short historical outline of the synthetization of voices, exemplary applications of this kind of technology are gathered for promoting the development, and potential applications are discussed critically to be able to limit them if necessary. The ethical and legal challenges should not be underestimated, in particular with regard to informational and personal autonomy and the trustworthiness of media.
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Speech synthesis, Text-to-speech system, Arti?cial intelligence, Robotics, Information ethics, Machine ethics
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330 - Wirtschaft
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0951-5666
1435-5655
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English
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Bendel, O. (2017). The Synthetization of Human Voices. AI & Society, 34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-017-0748-x
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