D-ID, a platform that uses AI to generate digital humans, has announced D-ID Video Translate in general availability. The tool lets businesses and content creators automatically re-voice videos in multiple languages, “cloning the speaker’s voice and adapting their lip movements from a single upload.” D-ID is making the Video Translate tool, which accommodates 30 different languages, free to D-ID subscribers for a limited time, available through the D-ID Studio or the company’s API. Languages include Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Hindi and Ukrainian, in addition to Spanish, German, French and Italian. Users can simultaneously translate content using bulk translation. Continue reading D-ID Employs AI to Translate Videos into Multiple Languages

OpenAI has debuted a new text-to-voice generation platform called Voice Engine, available in limited access. Voice Engine can generate a synthetic voice from a 15-second clip of someone’s voice. The synthetic voice can then read a provided text, even translating to other languages. For now, only a handful of companies are using the tech under a strict usage policy as OpenAI grapples with the potential for misuse. “These small scale deployments are helping to inform our approach, safeguards, and thinking about how Voice Engine could be used for good across various industries,” OpenAI explained. Continue reading OpenAI Voice Cloning Tool Needs Only a 15-Second Sample