Aoni Will Release AI Voices Based on Japanese Voice Actors

CoeFont has announced that it will work with Aoni Production to release AI voices based on Japanese voice actors. This collaboration will let people apply AI voices based on the likes of Masako Nozawa—the voice actress best known for her role as Dragon Ball‘s Goku—to navigation and assistance systems.

Aoni Production will provide voices from ten of its renowned Japanese voice actors to start this AI collaboration. Besides Masako Nozawa, it also confirmed that Banjo Ginga—the voice actor behind Gihren Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam—will be on the list as well. The agency will announce the remaining voice actors in the coming days.

The companies will allow the usage of these AI voices on navigation systems and voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. These voices will also support multiple languages other than Japanese, such as English and Chinese. Aoni Production will, however, strictly forbid these voices from being used as actual voiceovers for works like anime or movies.

CoeFont has also uploaded a trailer for the collaboration that includes samples from Masako Nozawa’s AI voice speaking in English and Chinese:

Aoni Production and CoeFont will release the new AI voices based on prominent Japanese voice actors in the near future.