Ten years on, the Skyrim community continues to thrive and surprise. One of the RPG game's fans has put together a trailer showcasing its action, scenic beauty, and drama - and it's tied together using some really neat tech. Its creator says all of the clip's audible dialogue was generated by machine learning AI - not read out by voice actors.
Adriac's Skyrim trailer - which you can check out below - uses a new Skyrim mod called SKVA Synth by creator DanRuta. This works as an "AI tool for high-quality voice acting synthesis using in-game voices from Bethesda games", as the modder explains. That is, it creates new voice lines using "neural speech synthesis", loading in models that have been trained based on voices from several of the open-world game's developer Bethesda's titles.
The tool has features that let users adjust aspects like emotion and emphasis by tinkering with aspects such as voice pitch and durations of individual letters being voiced.
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