I know, it’s so crazy that we don’t have this, or the ability to translate podcasts into alternative voices, or any neat stuff like that.
I can tell why we don’t. IP laws are lagging eons behind the technology. And famous voices usually belong to people with good lawyers who also aren’t kin to selling their voices even when asked for permission.
It’s not that difficult nowadays technically. But noone wants to be sued to bankruptcy.
Also the reason why non-commercial experiments for this are easy to be found—they are somewhat protected by Fair Use, and that protection goes out of the window the minute it transfers from “curious experiment” to “feature of my app” or the moment you start making money on it, whichever comes first.
I can tell why we don’t. IP laws are lagging eons behind the technology. And famous voices usually belong to people with good lawyers who also aren’t kin to selling their voices even when asked for permission.
It’s not that difficult nowadays technically. But noone wants to be sued to bankruptcy.
Also the reason why non-commercial experiments for this are easy to be found—they are somewhat protected by Fair Use, and that protection goes out of the window the minute it transfers from “curious experiment” to “feature of my app” or the moment you start making money on it, whichever comes first.