Aug X is an AI-powered video creation platform. It has just unveiled its latest tool, Augie, which offers a voice cloning function to read texts without the need for a recording studio.
The company particularly targets marketers and community managers working on social networks. To simplify their tasks, Aug X has made it easier to add texts, photos or music to videos, in addition to offering this new voice cloning tool. This avoids having to fully master the audio or video editing to produce a high end result.
Voice cloning: a future standard?
Again, artificial intelligence shows that there are very few areas it is unable to touch. Thanks to Aug X, users are able to directly record their voice through the software so that they can clone it and use it later in videos. Needless to say, this feature greatly speeds up the media creation process and is a huge time saver for media professionals.
Who says saving time, necessarily says saving money, since if this kind of software becomes the norm, the means to deploy to record will be drastically reduced. Renting a recording studio and mastering audio recording techniques could become optional aspects. Opportunity or threat, everyone is free to interpret this development as they wish.
Writing and creating video in a few clicks
Aug X founder Jeremy Toeman explains that this new voice cloning feature was born out of a rather simple observation: many people aren’t extremely comfortable when it comes to recording their own voice or do dubbing. Augie then lets users download a pre-existing script or write one. It is then possible to have it read by a voice chosen from the Aug X library or by a pre-recorded voice. Using AI, the user can then adjust the voice as they see fit.
The arrival of such a feature is rather encouraging for content creators. However, as always with this kind of initiative, we must remain attentive to the concerns related to the respect of copyrights as well as the unauthorized uses of the voice of others. This can be an open door to facilitate the creation of deepfakes. Aug X, however, ensures that he does what is necessary to ensure that his latest creation is used wisely.
Source : The Verge
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