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Is there a way for me to preemptively request (demand) my voice (likeness) never be used by this service? How would one go about doing that?



Looking at the voices they use as a demo on their blog post (https://play.ht/blog/introducing-truly-realistic-text-to-spe... is just one example) I don't think consent is really on their radar.

Their FAQ says

> Can I clone anyone's voice?

> Yes, we allow you to clone another person's voice if you have their consent. As you can imagine, cloning a voice which sounds exactly like the person is a powerful thing and can be easily misused. We deeply care about ethics and privacy and have implemented verfication processes and regulations to avoid people cloning anyone's voice without their consent.

But I very much doubt that they've gotten the consent of even half the celebrity voices they're using to promote their service.




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