英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2022/10/06 05:30

◎孫宇青

Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they’re dead.

亞馬遜公司的智慧語音助理Alexa或許很快就能複製家人的聲音，即使他們已不在人世。

The capability, unveiled at Amazon’s Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas, is in development and would allow the virtual assistant to mimic the voice of a specific person based on a less than a minute of provided recording.

亞馬遜在拉斯維加斯Re:Mars大會上展示這項仍在研發中的技術，稱虛擬助理將可根據所提供的不到1分鐘的錄音，模仿特定人物的聲音。

Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa, said that the desire behind the feature was to build greater trust in the interactions users have with Alexa.

資深副總裁兼Alexa首席科學家羅希特‧普拉薩說，期待這項功能可以建立客戶與Alexa互動時更強的信任感。

"While AI can’t eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last."

「雖然人工智慧不能消除失去親人的痛苦，但絕對可以讓回憶永存。」

In a video at the event, a young child asks "Alexa, can Grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz?" Alexa then switches to another voice mimicking the child’s grandmother and continues to read the book.（AP）

活動上播放的一段影片中，一名年幼孩子問：「Alexa，可以讓祖母唸完綠野仙蹤的故事嗎？」Alexa隨即切換成模仿孩子祖母的聲音，繼續唸完故事。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

mimic：動詞，模仿。例句：He is adept in mimicking political figures.（他善於模仿政治人物。）

replicate：動詞，複製。例句：It is unlikely to replicate her business success.（她的生意成就是不可能複製的。）

unveil：動詞，推出、揭開。例句：The candidates for this position will be unveiled soon.（這個職位的候選名單很快就會公布。）

英倫翻譯轉自

https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1544132