Voice Morphing Technology

[Postman]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/dotmil/arkin020199.htm

Is this bogus? Or is it possible to fake Osama's voice?

[crispini]

1. Oh, yes, this has been around for a while.

The biggest problem with text to speech synthesis is that you have to have access to a LOT of high quality phonemes in order to make the output sound good.

Here's a commercially availble text to speech synthesizer demo. I think you'll be surprised at the quality.

http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/demo/

[Postman]

3. Interesting but I would think anything commercially available is

crap compared to what the US military/intelligence apparatus's capability is.

Sorta like comparing your Sony digital pocket camera to a KH-12 Photo-intelligence satellite. They both take great pictures except the one in space is reading the name tag on the back of your shirt.

I would have to assume that voice morphing technology to the extant of reproducing Osama Bin Laden's voice, making it sound natural, not mechanical, is retained by those doing such a great job prosecuting the war of terror on American Democracy.

[crispini]

4. Exactly. That's my point.

If the commercially availble stuff is already pretty good, then what do they have in house at the military?

[hobbit709]

2. Given a good enough computer

time and tech know-how--YES

[Village Idiot]

5. PSYOps is pretty crafty, these days.

I really would n't put anthing past them.