Robotic Dubbing

With the global market for streaming media growing at an unprecedented pace, translating audio into multiple languages has become a major challenge for content creators. But new advanced dubbing methods that utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning algorithms are making the process faster, easier and less costly than ever.

Speech-to-speech translators such as Deepdub and Respeecher can translate audio directly into various languages while preserving the vocal characteristics and nuances of the original speaker. This not only reduces bottlenecks by eliminating the need for traditional voice-over methods, but also allows for more natural-sounding audio. Applications for these systems go beyond film and television to include gaming, animation, podcasts and audio books. In advertising, they can even be used to generate regional accents to target specific audiences.

Visual technology is also quickly being refined so the actors look as though they are actually speaking the words. Such sophisticated digital voice “manufacturing” will undoubtedly generate a whole new series of questions about how this technology will and/or can be used.