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Carin Gilfrey

Carin is a very experienced voice actor who has narrated and produced over 100 audiobooks, and voiced hundreds of commercials, instructional videos, documentaries, IVR systems, and video games. She have a professional home studio with connectivity options like phone patch, SourceConnect, ipDTL, or an ISDN bridge. Her voice is conversational, friendly, natural, and warm. If you need a female voice talent for your next project, connect with her!

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Contributor Brief·Carin Gilfrey · 2 articles
Updated Oct 16, 2023

AI voice synthesis threatens professional voice actors without legal safeguards

Gilfrey argues that AI synthetic voice technology represents a fundamental threat to voice acting as a profession, requiring immediate industry-wide safeguards and regulatory protections. Without legal frameworks governing consent and compensation, voice actors face displacement by cheaper AI alternatives that can replicate their distinctive vocal characteristics without their permission or payment.

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“AI synthetic voices are a microcosm of this tension between new tools and seasoned professionals.”

NAVA Calls For Safeguards for Voice Actors Against AI Synthetic Voices [software and technology]

AI disruption threat matrix across professional sectors

Voice acting profession1
Industries using voice synthesis5
Professional groups advocating safeguards1

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14%Voice acting
Voice acting profession
Industries using voice synthesis
Professional groups advocating safeguards

Every industry

being disrupted by AI according to opening framing

Industry advocates push for protections as AI-generated voices threaten traditional voice acting careers.

NAVA Calls For Safeguards for Voice Actors Against AI Synthetic Voices [pro av]

These use cases bring tension between new tools and seasoned voice acting professionals.

NAVA Calls For Safeguards for Voice Actors Against AI Synthetic Voices [software and technology]

“AI voice synthesis creates powerful new business use cases at the expense of human workers.”

Themes:AI displacement of creative professionals without consent mechanismsRegulatory gap between technology capability and labor protectionTension between business innovation incentives and worker safeguards

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Software & Technology · Oct 16

NAVA Calls For Safeguards for Voice Actors Against AI Synthetic Voices

The rise of AI is disrupting every industry as its capacities continue to evolve, creating powerful new use cases for businesses to take advantage of. These use cases, though, bring with them a tension between new tools and seasoned voice acting professionals. AI synthetic voices are a microcosm of this tension and…

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NAVA Calls For Safeguards for Voice Actors Against AI Synthetic Voices

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    Alex M.·2h agoquestion

    What sparked your research into disruptive innovation?

    Curious what the original insight was that led you to the Innovator's Dilemma framework.

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    Sophia L.·1d agoidea

    Would love a deep-dive into EdTech adoption barriers.

    Your framing of sustaining vs. disruptive innovation feels directly applicable to school systems.

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    David R.·3d agoquestion

    How do you see AI changing the personalized learning landscape?