using my own neural voice trained on my real voice

ejlad
ejlad Posts: 3 observer rank
in Audio and video solutions

Is using your own neural voice trained on your real voice on Udemy generally acceptable for these reasons?

  • Personal Ownership: You own the rights to your voice, so using it for educational content or any other purpose is within your rights.
  • Authenticity: Using your own voice adds a personal touch and authenticity to your content, making it more relatable and engaging for your audience.
  • Quality Control: Training a neural voice on your own voice ensures that the output matches your desired tone, style, and quality.
  • Consistency: It provides consistency across your courses, helping learners recognize and connect with your content more easily.
  • Ethical Use: As long as the usage complies with Udemy's terms of service and doesn't infringe on any copyright or intellectual property laws, it is ethically sound.
  • Innovative Learning: Leveraging advanced technology like neural voice synthesis can enhance the learning experience, making your courses stand out.

My question is, can i use my own neural voice on Udemy? It will be created from my real voice on which i have rights of some sort

Comments

  • ELDTRAINING529
    ELDTRAINING529 Posts: 14 researcher rank

    I'd do it except my face is all over the course. I think if the quality is natural (I can always spot an AI voice, it's too evenly modulated) it could be great when you need to edit in extra info.

    If I could have a photorealistic avatar with that making courses would be a dream.

  • ejlad
    ejlad Posts: 3 observer rank

    in synthesia's website you can create a custom avatar with your face for US $67/mo billed yearly

  • FrankKane
    FrankKane Posts: 1,755 rolemodel rank

    As often happens, ChatGPT didn't really know the answer there. Udemy's policy on AI voices is at:

    https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229232367-Audio-Standards

    "Udemy now accepts courses with audio instruction created using quality text-to-speech programs. To be approved in the Quality Review Process, please ensure the audio quality is clear, easy to understand, and that your program can properly pronounce any acronyms and technical jargon used in your course. These courses must be accompanied by dynamic and clearly relevant visuals in accordance with the Video Standards."

    However, I would think twice before using AI-generated voices or avatars in your course. There is a bit of a "tech-lash" happening out here in the real world where a lot of people are rebelling against AI-generated content; a lot of people are sick of it already, and it's still pretty easy to spot. You risk alienating a lot of potential students and cheapening your brand this way.

    My own use of AI-generated content outside of Udemy invariably results in angry comments, and my experiments with AI-generated content within Udemy have resulted in poor reviews.

  • ejlad
    ejlad Posts: 3 observer rank

    since when?

  • FrankKane
    FrankKane Posts: 1,755 rolemodel rank

    You mean the public backlash? I started noticing it early this year and it's been getting progressively worse.

    Might just be a thing in America; I don't know. But people are getting frustrated when they go someplace online expecting to interact with other people, and are met instead with AI's that get things wrong half the time. Customer support, social media, etc. I'd say the same applies to someone paying for a course. The expectation is an experienced human on the other side. "Stop shoving AI down my throat" is something I hear often from my neighbors.

    GenAI has also gotten a lot of bad press following Google's premature integration into search results, and it doesn't help that companies are performing mass layoffs in the name of AI (most recently Intuit.) There's also still concern over AI "stealing" human-generated content and robbing human creators of a living; Adobe's gotten a good deal of hate over that. GenAI has a pretty big PR problem right now.

    https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/ai-trust-problem-edelman

    https://futurism.com/the-byte/public-against-ai-poll

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/cinemas-response-ai-backlash-averts-160412544.html

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/the-adobe-ai-backlash-should-be-a-warning-to-every-tech-brand/ar-BB1nXmNH

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/is-ai-all-a-fad-a-new-report-suggests-very-few-people-are-using-tools-like-chatgpt-and-the-hype-is-being-misconstrued-for-actual-public-interest/ar-BB1ngerO

    Even investors are starting to have second thoughts:

    https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/gen-ai-too-much-spend-too-little-benefit.html

    Don't get me wrong; generative AI can be a time-saver when applied to problems it does well at, like summarizing text or answering questions about a provided document. Industry has rushed to apply it to problems it isn't ready for though, and the public is starting to resent that.

  • LeoNnamdiOz303
    LeoNnamdiOz303 Posts: 12 researcher rank

    @FrankKane

    There are frank comments from you.

    You have weight both sides of the stands responses to this question can take.

    I think use of neural voice trained on your real voice to teach on a platform like this has pros and cons. Ethics are involved and considered, reduced stress towards completion of recording process is involved. There can be a need to trade cautiously in line with Udemy Policies and do it in confirmity.

    Udemy technical team would have studied this well and should have their policy on it.

    This is an interesting question.

    We all keep earning I believe. Also we brainstorm.

    Balance and ethics play roles. The academia also consider ethics alongside .

    Warm regards

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