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[Sophist]

EDIT:
Both the youtube video and the github repository have been deleted!

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Someone (nickname cdb-boop on GitHub) added voice acting to Space Quest 5 using Text-To-Speech with voice cloning.
the voices are based on real actors which a few have passed away (eg: Gary Owens as the narrator) and may raise ethical questions.
The result doesn't sound bad and is quite impressive considering the author put less than 150 hours of work into this**.

Demo:


Link:
https://github.com/cdb-boop/Space-Quest-V-Voice-Acting-Mod

**from the github readme:

Labor​

Rough estimates.

• ~100 Hours of work generating, selecting, splicing and cleaning audio files.
• ~30 Hours of programming with the SCI Companion.
• ~1/2 Hour on SCIProgramming.com.

 

[Hrk69]

This is going to be the standard

Can't wait for voiceless games to be a thing of the past

 

[digdug2]

This is going to be the standard

Can't wait for voiceless games to be a thing of the past

I agree with you fully. As long as they can make the AI voices seem (at least mostly) natural, I'm on board.

 

[Hrk69]

I agree with you fully. As long as they can make the AI voices seem (at least mostly) natural, I'm on board.

Yeah, it definitely needs a couple more iterations/upgrades but we are getting there. Exciting stuff really.

Imagine all the time developers are going to save once it's fully optimized

 

[bbeach123]

I agree with you fully. As long as they can make the AI voices seem (at least mostly) natural, I'm on board.

BG3 make me a believer .

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

neat!

 

[Magic Carpet]

I remember the narator already had a voice for SQ5.
"You've been a real pantload"
I remember that one line for some reason.

 

[Sophist]

Note that, according to a comment on Hacker News, this may be illegal if you live in Tennessee.

ELVIS Act - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Loomy]

Using the voice of existing people (living or dead) is a shitty thing to do. But for small indie studios that cannot afford to pay VAs? This is 100% fine.

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

Come to think of it using ai voice would be really useful as a placeholder for va during development. could even help out with va direction for inflection cues if the ai voices are good enough. Wonder how useful it can be for localization work.

 

[amigastar]

This is going to be the standard

Can't wait for voiceless games to be a thing of the past

I've tried Morroblivion with AI voice but it was very robotic unfortunately. Maybe in the future they will improve the ai voices in there.

 

[Sophist]

For an unknown reason, both the youtube video and the github repository have been deleted. The post on reddit also has been deleted. i have updated OP.

 

[digdug2]

BG3 make me a believer .

Hell yeah, none of that sounds anymore stilted than Bethesda games' voice acting.

 

[digdug2]

For an unknown reason, both the youtube video and the github repository have been deleted. The post on reddit also has been deleted. i have updated OP.

I would assume that they received a C&D from Activision (Microsoft).

 

[Holammer]

Looks like it's this one.