In multiple industries, the use of voice over for clients’ specific needs are integral to their business. There are some specific products like instructions manuals, guide books, podcasts, audio transcriptions, audio localisation and dubbing that require a professional to deliver their audio content according to their customers’ needs. However, as the AI has developed a large base of LLMs, it has become quite valuable and pragmatic to use the voice of machine instead of human voice for specific products. Nevertheless, the use of human voice and machine voice have their own advantages and limitations. The best choice between a human voice and a machine voice depends on your specific needs. Some of them have been discussed below.
Advantages of using Human voice– Human Voice have an emotional depth and nuance that is difficult to match with the machine voice. Human voices can convey a wider range of emotions and subtleties, making them ideal for projects requiring emotional connection and storytelling. It has authenticity and relatability; therefore, human voices can create a stronger sense of trust and connection with the audience. Human voice has proved to be more pragmatic when creating a brand and identity around a product. Human voices can be a powerful tool for building a strong brand identity. For these reasons, human voice artists can be more expensive, especially for large projects or multiple languages. They take more time for recording and editing and maintaining a consistent tone and delivery across multiple recordings can be challenging for a human voice over artist as well.
The limitations of human voice over artists are compensated by machine voice or AI voice. AI voices are generally more affordable than human voice actors, particularly for large projects or those requiring multiple languages. Their speed and efficiencyismuch faster than humans and AI can maintain consistency and accuracy across all recordings. Therefore, projects requiring emotional connection, storytelling, or brand building, a human voice is often the better choice.
