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It does have actual genuine uses. I'm in the process of recording a series of tutorials for my peers but I'd like them to hear things in my voice so it doesn't sound like I have offloaded the work to someone else.

I don't know if this helps or harms the credibility but I can't really talk more than an hour without seriously straining my voice. So cloning it sounds like a great use-case for someone with a similar problem.

Looking forward to trying this.

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I like this idea. I've been playing with the idea of having all my blog entries have corresponding narration with my own voice but I'd love to see some kind of voice cloner + gradio interface that let's me make some adjustments to things like cadence, delivery, etc. (I mean beyond just making me sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks).

Wondercraft.ai It's not mine, just used it for a bit few months ago.

I don't know about changing tone but I have used Adobe Podcast editor and it allows you adjust the words and rearrange what you said so you can cut "umms" and stuff. I know they are constantly adding features so I don't know if you can improve cadence and stuff but worth looking at if you have adobe stuff

  > so it doesn't sound like I have offloaded the work to someone else.

So, deception. Deception that you feel is justified, but deception nonetheless.

I disagree. Deception is the act of convincing one in untrue information.

The information I'm conveying is truthful and it's my words. The voice, generated or not, is not what I'm trying to convince people into believing.

That is an interesting perspective. I disagree that there is no deception, but do see the validity in your point. Thank you.

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