TikTok changes text-to-speech voice after voice actor sues
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok has changed the voice on its text-to-speech feature, just weeks after an actor claiming to be the original voice filed a lawsuit claiming she never agreed to be featured in the app.
The new voice has been showing up in TikToks over the past day - often in videos of people commenting on the change. It sounds a bit more energetic and upbeat, creating a very different vibe than the droll monotone of the prior voice. The feature allows TikTok users to type out text and then have it read aloud over their videos, and it's often used as a narrator.
@wannabe.fairyPLEASE TIKTOK WHAT IS THIS #fyp #texttospeech
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This new voice appears to be a response to a lawsuit filed against TikTok owner ByteDance...