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Right to One's Voice

Kai K. Kimppa, Tuomo I. Saarni, Right to One's Voice. In: Mariacarla Calzarossa Ivo de Lotto Simon Rogerson Terrel Ward Bynum (Ed.), Ethicomp 2008: Living, Working and Learning Beyond Technology, 480-487, 2008.

Abstract:

Speech synthesis is getting to a level where synthesized voice cannot be distinguished from the voice of the person it originally belongs to. This raises several ethical questions; both real ethical questions on what is right and what is wrong and questions of clear misuse for the designers and legal professionals to solve. In this paper we will first introduce the technology and current applications, then look at the ethical questions raised and finally suggest both technical and political/legal remedies to some of these problems.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpKiSa08a,
  title = {Right to One's Voice},
  booktitle = {Ethicomp 2008: Living, Working and Learning Beyond Technology},
  author = {Kimppa, Kai K. and Saarni, Tuomo I.},
  editor = {Terrel Ward Bynum, Mariacarla Calzarossa Ivo de Lotto Simon Rogerson},
  pages = {480-487},
  year = {2008},
  keywords = {Speech synthesis, IT ethics, Natural rights, Derived rights},
}

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