Hi I've got 2 questions:
1) Can I get true "anonymous privacy" by changing my voice through audacity? And by that I mean making my voice sound as something else (maybe synthetic) with no possible recovery of the original.
and
2) If yes, which would be the steps to follow for that?
I hope I'm in the right place to ask this, and if I am, thanks in advance.
Voice change for the seek of privacy
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kozikowski
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Re: Voice change for the seek of privacy
No, because even if we made you sound like Yogi Bear (and we can't), you'd get killed the first time somebody analyzed your word use and acting.
Three sentences in, your mum would say: "Oh, hi Loc. I didn't recognize your voice. How's the new car holding up?"
Koz
Three sentences in, your mum would say: "Oh, hi Loc. I didn't recognize your voice. How's the new car holding up?"
Koz
Re: Voice change for the seek of privacy
All I want is to delete any blueprint of my voice's biometric, is that really impossible?
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Gale Andrews
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Re: Voice change for the seek of privacy
Please read Koz's reply. You can reverse your words, but someone else can reverse that to get your words back. You can use voice changing plugins (I don't know good ones for Linux) but people who know you will still recognise your delivery and cadences.
If this is for a legal experiment, I recommend consulting your lawyer.
Gale
If this is for a legal experiment, I recommend consulting your lawyer.
Gale
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Re: Voice change for the seek of privacy
It isn't for legal porpuses, I won't go to jail if someone could get my voice back, but if you would have to say the hardest change to recover, which would be it?
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Re: Voice change for the seek of privacy
That depends on the skill level of the users who will be trying to defeat your attempts to disguise your voice.Localhost wrote:It isn't for legal porpuses, I won't go to jail if someone could get my voice back, but if you would have to say the hardest change to recover, which would be it?
The best solution is to hire someone else to speak your words for you, or type your words into a tool like http://www.acapela-group.com/voices/demo/ then record the voice you hear.
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Re: Voice change for the seek of privacy
It isn't. It'll only require lots and lots of work and a deeper understanding of statistics. I surely couldn't do it.Localhost wrote:All I want is to delete any blueprint of my voice's biometric, is that really impossible?
And then, which level of obscurity do you need? And, why?
Re: Voice change for the seek of privacy
I'd advice running your text multiple times through Google Translator, then using a speech synthesizer.
Can't guarantee you that it'll work, but that shold seriously mess up the way you composed the text, probably partialy distorting it beyond intelligibility.
Can't guarantee you that it'll work, but that shold seriously mess up the way you composed the text, probably partialy distorting it beyond intelligibility.