Scotral to change controversial AI voice on trains

Following the criticism of a professional voiceover artist, a controversial AI on Scotral trains is ready to change the voice.

The scottish accent of the Gayanne Potter was used to teach the announcement of the station “Iona”, but he said it was surprising to hear the “terrible” robot version of themselves.

Scotril Voiced in MayTo change the pre-ridden human declarations on some services, provide by the Swedish Tech firm ReadSpeaker.

Transport Scotland stated that the railway operator now intends to start an alternative voice “as soon as possible” as soon as possible.

Scotral has not confirmed whether it would be a human recording or another AI-informed voice.

Ms. Potter had urged Scotral to scrap the ion and told the BBC Scotland News that her voice was Being used as AI Clone without his consent,

He said: “It is quite difficult for people to maintain a career in the creative industry, but adds an insult to the injury to compete with a robot version of itself.”

Some passengers also criticized The Voice, it was written on social media that it looked “strange” and “unnatural”.

Scotral had earlier said that he had no plans to change Iona and said that passengers would have a habit of this over time.

But as stated by Mail on sundayTransport Scotland stated that Scotral was now working to replace Iona.

A spokesperson said: “The issue was raised directly with ministers, both correspondence and Parliament.

“Our understanding is that the scottle system is working to change, and it involves practically implementing an alternative ‘voice’ soon.

“As Artificial Intelligence is developing, Scotland AI is committed to leading development in such a way that is moral, inclusive and reliable.”

The song has been involved in the ongoing controversy with ReadSpeaker on his voice recording work for Potter Iona.

AI uses learning to simulate an pronunciation or language from recording the technique of readspeaker.

Using the Text-to-Spin System, the users can type anything and Iona will speak it loudly in the Scottish accent.

Iona is depicted in marketing imagery as a red -haired woman in the Scottish landscape.

Ms. Potter said that she provided recording in 2021, but is believed to be used for accessibility and e-learning software rather than comprehensive commercial purposes.

ReadSpeaker said it was known about his concerns and “addressed him several times in the past with the legal representative of Ms. Potter”.

After the BBC published the story in May, Ms. Potter asked Scotral to remove the Iona announcements.

He said: “After the years I have gone to try to remove my data – it is still being used.

“They don’t realize that it is actually a real person placed through a terrible voice app.”

Trade Union Equity, which represents the workers of the creative industry, said that adopting AI technology was “a real concern”.

Scotral refused to give details of when the voice would be removed, but said “it continues to work with ReadSpeaker on the matter”.

A spokesperson said: “While there is no update currently, we expect to be able to provide another update in the coming weeks.”