Host Erica Vella speaks to Bev Standing and Kat Callaghan about TikTok's text-to-speech feature. They discuss the adoption and evolution of the feature, its impact on TikTok videos, and the success it brought to the guests in terms of voice work and interviews. The chapter also touches upon privacy concerns and the importance of contracts in protecting voices on TikTok.

In 2018, voiceover artist Bev Standing recorded 10,000 sentences for the Chinese Institute of Acoustics. Bev was told the recordings would be used for a translation app, but three years later, she was shocked to discover that she had become the default voice of TikTok in North America. On TikTok, Bev heard herself saying all kinds of wild and inappropriate things. So, she decided to sue. In this episode, Bev tells her story, and we hear from the voice who replaced her.Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn.Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook.Sign up for Twenty Thousand Hertz+ to support the show & get our entire catalog ad-free.If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org.Listen to Ahead of Its Time, a new podcast by Setapp, on all of your favorite platforms.Get a $75 credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/hertz.Find the right doctor, right now with at zocdoc.com/20k.Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/tiktalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices