Answering the call for a high-profile project‍ – the voice of Val Kilmer

Answering the call for a high-profile project‍: Last year, Sonantic were contacted with an exciting question: Could Sonantic build a custom AI voice model for acclaimed actor Val Kilmer following a tracheotomy in 2014 as part of his treatment for throat cancer? Sonantic has built a powerful, AI voice platform that enables entertainment professionals to […]

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Gay men deepen their voices on first encounters

Gay men may modify their voices to project masculinity on first encounters, according to a new study in the Journal of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. Heterosexual men want their sexuality to be known when meeting someone for the first time more than any other sexual orientation group but gay men […]

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Unravelling the Voice

The Hippocratic Post - voice

Opening at the Wellcome Collection, Euston, on 14th April and enlisting the help of artists, philosophers and neuroscientists, a new show looks at the idea of ‘voice’ from many different angles – sound, identity, body, psychology and culture. The exhibition’s Curator Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz comments: “The voice is one of our key identifying features; most of us use it daily and spontaneously, […]

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