VoiceOver Addon Uses AI to Add Voice Acted Quests

Classic Posted 2023/04/14 at 7:40 AM by Archimtiros

VoiceOver addon by MrThingerElevenLabsVoice Acted QuestsWoW: Voice Acted Questslegal issues with Blizzardtotal shutdownHello TioMiklas,

I’m Josh Allen, from the World of Warcraft Community Team. We came across your Voice Acted Quests project, and I have to say, the work you’ve put into it is very impressive!

Unfortunately, I’ve been told that this project infringes on our intellectual copyrights in a way that we can’t allow. You may recall a similar situation with an addon called “Warcraft Tales” a few months ago. While your project is slightly different, it’s still considered a re-performance of our established works.

Because of that, we have to ask you to stop production and distribution of the Voice Acted Quests project. Rather than going straight to delivering a legal notice, they’ve asked me to contact you directly to deliver the news and answer any questions you may have. Like I said, it’s a very impressive project and we recognize the amount of work you’ve put into it, it’s just not the sort of thing we can allow to be created using our copyright.

Sorry for the bad news,

Josh

The issue isn't about any potential monetary gains. The issue is simply that Blizzard doesn't want third parties to create in-game story content for WoW, and creating a vocal performance for existing lines falls inside that. No one here thinks you’re trying to be malicious – I’m being completely honest when I say we found your work impressive!

That’s about the extent of what I can comment on myself. Anything further would need to come from our legal team. Warcraft Talesinitial announcement videoStarCraft UniverseWarcraft III: Re-ReforgedAI VoiceOver

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Comment by NocularWhen does this version come out? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=372d40ROmI4Comment by falconmickIt’s using 11labs not chargpt to do the voicesComment by minka25Nice use of AI :)Comment by HarjkunIts a shame the chatgpt addon is only for classic. Would love it to come to retail.Comment by novadudeIts a shame the chatgpt addon is only for classic. Would love it to come to retail.Comment by Masakerrthe post is wrong its using ELEVENLABS not chatgpt to generate.Comment by DragonGuardianUsing default ElevenLabs voices... :/Comment by AmalioBlizzard: Has us read through quest texts even though any modern game is completely voice acted.

Playerbase: Aight, let's use AI to make questing more enjoyable.

Blizzard: No can do amigo. Also why do players hate questing?Comment by gameshuntersaI see Blizzard making this an official thing to the game. AI made it simpler than ever.Comment by CozzeneChatGPT makes me really uneasy. Not liking it at all.Comment by AzraelUltimaBlizzard: Has us read through quest texts even though any modern game is completely voice acted.

Playerbase: Aight, let's use AI to make questing more enjoyable.

Blizzard: No can do amigo. Also why do players hate questing?Comment by RellyneBlizzard: Has us read through quest texts even though any modern game is completely voice acted.

Playerbase: Aight, let's use AI to make questing more enjoyable.

Blizzard: No can do amigo. Also why do players hate questing?Comment by RellyneBtw, it's not "AI" (or imitative/prediction "AI" to be more precise), it's basically like throwing text into google text to speech.

It's not generating anything, just reading the input and using the recorded voices to "text-to-speech". We should dial down all this "EVERYTHING IS AI!" thing a little bit.Comment by Karthysbad, do not support this stuff, chatgpt is already getting banned in several countries, and this addon wont lastComment by onefishbluefishChatGPT makes me really uneasy. Not liking it at all.Comment by MalkavielleWait until WoTLK end, after that most player will quit and they will probably be less cocky with their intelectual propertiesComment by Abootbad, do not support this stuff, chatgpt is already getting banned in several countries, and this addon wont lastComment by yanomamo89This would be sweet to have if Blizzard did not want it goneComment by orca2017oh that would be cool if all the quests were complety voice activated in retail wow.. instead of half voiced half not ..Comment by hobbesbad, do not support this stuff, chatgpt is already getting banned in several countries, and this addon wont last

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