Spotify is starting to use a Voice Translation feature in some of its podcasts that will turn the voices of the podcast hosts so they sound like they are native speakers in different languages.
We have seen AI being used more and more for creating human-sounding voices, including their use in creating “fake news”. Today, the audio streaming service Spotify announced it is launching an AI-generated voice feature, but one that is supposed to be used for good, not evil.
In a blog post, Spotify revealed it is beginning to pilot its Voice Translation AI feature in a number of its podcasts. The feature will let people in other countries and languages listen to native versions of those podcasts, with the host speaking as though they were using those languages, instead of different people speaking the words from the original host.
