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scott.higgs
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October 7, 2019
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Generate Speech and copyright - can I use generated speech on TV?

  • October 7, 2019
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Wondering if anyone has any experience/opinion regarding copyright and sound files synthesized using Audition's Generate>Speech effect.  I found some discussion (https://ttsreader.com/blog/2017/05/10/copyright/) specific to Google's speech API which suggests that as long as the text used to generate the speech was mine, I would hold the copyright on the resulting audio.  This example though makes reference to Google's EULA.  I can't find anything from Adobe related to synthesized audio content.

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 8, 2019

    The specific information about the Audition app is here: Text to speech

     

    You will note that it says that there are commercial restrictions on the use of the results, and these are all different, according to where you got the voice from. So if you use the Microsoft voices, then you have to ascertain from them whether there are any particular restrictions on their use. The relevant information about that is here: Microsoft text-to-speech - commercial use. If you use the Microsoft voices, it would appear that there are no restrictions relating to your distribution of the results at all.

    scott.higgs
    Participant
    October 16, 2019
    Thanks Steve. Great to know
    Mike Russell
    Inspiring
    October 8, 2019

    It depends which voices you're using as they're generated by the OS you're using.

     

    You are able to load in packs to your system and use those. Some packs may be available to purchase and have favourable license terms. The Apple voices, for example, cannot be used for commercial gain - see macOS Catalina docs:

     

    F. Voices. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may use the system voices included 
    in the Apple Software (“System Voices”) (i) while running the Apple Software and (ii) to create your own
    original content and projects for your personal, non-commercial use. No other use of the System Voices
    is permitted by this License, including but not limited to the use, reproduction, display, performance,
    recording, publishing or redistribution of any of the System Voices in a profit, non-profit, public sharing
    or commercial context.

     

    scott.higgs
    Participant
    October 16, 2019
    Thanks Mike. That's perfectly clear.