![]() ![]() Available in English (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, U.S.) on iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), iPad (8th generation and later), AirPods, and CarPlay.Devices must support and have the latest operating system. This feature is not available on AirPods with the H1 headphone chip and Intel-based Mac computers. Available in English (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, U.S.).But it does mean your Personal Voice still ends up sounding robotic a lot of the time. They all hold meaning, and adopting a conservative approach means Apple does not end up inferring meaning that was not intended. ![]() There are equivalents to all of these in normal speech too, and Apple rather sensibly plays it very safe in Personal Voice in trying to inject these into the synthesized voice. Without all that stuff, a programmed-in violin sounds fake. The vibrato, the speed of the bow movements, the subtle changes in volume, and the tonal variations related to the pressure of the bow against the strings. No matter how well-sampled a virtual violin is, it won’t sound right unless you also program in the dynamics of the player. It reminds me of what you often get when you try to compose orchestral music using digital instruments. ![]() Still, Personal Voice is, at present, a simulacrum of a person’s voice. It could also be useful for those with speech issues or perhaps severe long covid or chronic fatigue sufferers for whom simple conversations can be difficult at times. In the darkest use case, you might use Personal Voice to preserve your voice or that of a loved one if they are gradually losing that ability through some degenerative condition. However, it’s the kind of tool you hope you never have to use. Personal Voice is one of the more uplifting uses of machine learning and AI, which at times can seem to spawn things largely intended to maximize profits for companies and reduce required staff. Live Voice pops up over other apps, so can naturally be used in apps that pick up all audio from the microphone. However, it is unclear how deep integration with third-party apps will be possible. Apple says you can use it in FaceTime, the phone app, and other apps that use assistive communication tech. What apps can you use with Personal Voice?Īs Personal Voice is currently in beta, we can’t yet be sure of what scope it will eventually have. But, obviously, it is far more impressive, given we have had such systems in games for decades. It’s kind of the equivalent of a video game character creator in which you can map a digital image of a real person’s face onto a character. You are unlikely to be able to fool people into thinking they are actually talking to the person on which the profile is based, and at times the profile sounds highly synthetic. Personal Voice recreated this effect in the profile of my own voice. It’s apparently called an alveolar tap by the experts. Texture, timbre, and certain habits of pronunciation are all represented here.įor example, despite being British rather than American, some of my pronunciations of T sounds end up more like Ds, a classic American trait. It seems like you can hit a repeat button during recording, but this doesn’t quite work as intended on the beta.Īpple’s Personal Voice profile nails certain aspects of a person’s voice. You can continue where you left off.Īttempting to do the lot in one go may see you get more and more tongue-tied because most of us aren’t voice-over artists.Īlso, if you mess up a phrase, the best strategy is to wait for the Personal Voice wizard to jump to the next phrase, then tap the on-screen back button. Having done this a couple of times now, my advice is you should remember you can always leave a phrase recording session and come back later. This will avoid plosive sounds causing any distortion. It also suggests you should keep the iPhone 6-12 inches away from your mouth. Apple’s own recommendations include that you try to talk as you would during a normal conversation in a quiet environment. Recording the required 150 phases is going to become a bit of a trial. ![]()
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