I have several tapes (yes actual cassette tapes) of my grandfather reading a novel.

Unfortunately a few of the tapes have degraded to the point that I cannot play them back.

I would love to recreate his voice, to “rerecord” the missing bits.

The recordings are in Danish.

Is this possible?

If it is, how can I go about it?

  • SheritaX@thelemmy.club
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    14 days ago

    In the future, there should be more and more software to support vocal simulation. Although the functions are still relatively basic at present, the iterative version will support more functions, including the adjustment of speech speed/intonation. the new industry of DVDFab mentioned that their new product line - BookFab will update in the future. BookFab AudioBook Creator V3.0 will support custom voice cloning, with upgrades for multilingual adaptation and emotional expression. Additionally, it will include a simple audio editor for audio editing.https://www.dvdfab.cn/audiobook-creator.htm But we still cannot verify it, just wait and see. Hope you can find a great sollution.

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    3 months ago

    I can’t speak to the AI voice generation part of this, but you might be interested in the Domesday Duplicator for digitizing your audio, especially if some or it is slightly degraded.

    https://github.com/harrypm/DomesdayDuplicator

    The project was originally designed for laserdisc, but it’s been expanded to support VHS and cassette tape. Traditionally, you would play your tape on a cassette player, then the built in analog circuitry would convert the magnetic signals into audio, amplify them, and feed them to a sound card on your PC, which then converts the analog signal to a digital audio stream.

    With the Domesdsy Duplicator, you record the raw magnetic signal from the read head and directly digitize it into a bitstream that you can then process as needed. For DIY archiving from an analog source, it’s one of the best options for signal fidelity, and it will give you the truest representation of what’s actually on the tape.

  • InSamsara@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Clone his vocal chords and get surgery to replace your old voice chords with the new cloned one.