Twenty Thousand Hertz

TikTalk: The woman who sued TikTok for using her voice

Aug 24, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Bev's Start in Voice Acting

  • Bev Standing started voice acting to cope with personal loss and found it healing and fulfilling.
  • She realized she had a natural talent and passion for voice acting later in life.
ANECDOTE

Recording 10,000 Sentences

  • Bev agreed to record 10,000 sentences for a text-to-speech project for the Chinese Institute of Acoustics.
  • The sentences were often nonsensical to cover all phonetic sounds and took months to complete.
INSIGHT

Voice Misuse on TikTok

  • Bev discovered her synthetic voice was the default TikTok voice, used without her permission.
  • The flat, monotone voice was popular on TikTok, but led to her voice being associated with inappropriate content.
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