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What if you could use AI to generate passive income? Special guest Rolf Veldman ― CEO of Voice123 ― joins Anne to talk about the state of AI and voiceover and to reveal findings from Voice123’s research on customer-driven AI. These studies are helping lead the way to predict AI’s impact on the VO industry. Anne and Rolf share ideas about what AI means for various VO genres and other forces driving change. Want some valuable insight? Listen to this discussion to ensure you’re delivering what clients need and know how to market your business #LIKEABOSS. Takeaways Fun fact! Rolf met Anne at the One Voice Conference in London and Anne’s presentation helped to inspire Rolf! Voice123 has been looking closely at the impact of AI voices on the industry since 2016 Voice123 wanted AI to be tied to its marketplace so they can ensure voice talents are protected In order to gauge client interest in AI voices, Voice123 recently began offering AI voices as an option along with traditional voiceover auditions All information Voice123 gathers about AI voices and the impact on the industry will be made available to the public Some clients expect a turnaround in about 2 hours. AI can complete an entire eLearning course faster than real-time Voice talent can then offer a hybrid solution to a client, where only parts of this training are recorded live Voice artists can record the base recordings, and AI can also be used to offer different versions of the read AI can be used to make alien-sounding voices AI can be used for scratch tracks and placeholders, or early releases of video games Conversational voiceover is the hardest thing to do with AI Humans crave conversation. The conversational read challenges the typical AI voice Some jobs require a 10 on the acting scale, and others 2. These are the jobs that may go to AI The meat of audio content is non-broadcast, and AI can be super useful here 15% of V123 clients say they will use AI voices for advertising, and 20% will use it for promo Short-form audio, of 5 to 6 seconds is the most popular form of audio being cast right now The ideal is for AI voices to generate passive income for voice actors The AI is only as good as the voice actor that records the voice Voice123 is motivated to keep voice actors working, otherwise the platform could not exist Voice123 wants to be a transparent platform that helps talent make the best use of AI voices Referenced in this episode: Visit Voice 123 State of AI voices report The Booth by Voice123 - Learn everything you need to know about starting & running your voice over career, for free Recorded on ipDTL