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OpenVoice, an innovative open-source AI technology, has been developed by researchers from MIT, Tsinghua University, and Canadian startup MyShell. This groundbreaking technology has revolutionized the voice cloning domain with unparalleled speed and accuracy. Using just a few seconds of audio, OpenVoice impressively clones voices and offers users fine-grained control over factors such as tone, emotion, accent, rhythm, and more.
Unveiling OpenVoice
MyShell, a startup founded in 2023, headquartered in Calgary, unveiled OpenVoice through a research paper and demo sites on MyShell and HuggingFace platforms this week. This allowed users to experience its features firsthand.
Working Mechanism of OpenVoice
The success of OpenVoice stems from the combination of two advanced AI models. The first model caters to variables like language style, accents, emotion, and speech patterns. It was trained on 30,000 audio samples with varying emotions from English, Chinese, and Japanese speakers. The second AI model, dubbed the “tone converter,” learned from over 300,000 samples with approximately 20,000 voices. When used along with a universal speech model and minimal human voice data, OpenVoice far surpasses alternative tools like Meta’s Voicebox in generating cloned speech at much faster speeds.
About MyShell
MyShell is an innovative startup that enables the creation and discovery of AI applications in a decentralized manner. The platform, launched with an initial funding of $5.6 million and over 400,000 users, hosts instant voice cloning technology and other noteworthy features such as original text-based chatbot personalities, meme generators, user-created text RPGs, and more. Some content on the site requires a subscription fee while creators of bots are charged for promoting their work.
Open-sourcing Speech Cloning and Monetization
By making its speech cloning capabilities available through the HuggingFace platform and monetizing the broader app ecosystem, MyShell is pushing forward both arenas while fostering an open approach to AI development. MyShell’s advancements in instant voice cloning and its overall AI ecosystem exemplify the unstoppable progress and potential of artificial intelligence technologies.
