Google Can Copy a Voice From 30 Seconds of Audio. First, the Owner Has to Say Yes Out Loud
Google’s newest speech models can copy a voice from a 30-second sample, but only after the owner records spoken consent. What voice actors should know.
Overgeared, the anime of the Korean webtoon about a broke gamer who turns into a legendary blacksmith, arrived on Crunchyroll on Sunday with its English dub streaming the same day as the subtitled version. Ricco Fajardo voices Grid, Emily Fajardo directs, and the cast and fans have spent the past few days celebrating a dub that didn't make anyone wait.
Same-day dubs are still rare in anime. Most English versions land a week or more after the Japanese episode, because a dub team can't start until the finished picture and the translated script reach them. Overgeared skipped the wait, and for the actors in the booth that means working very close to the wire.
Crunchyroll announced the dub on Friday, September 25. "The English dub of Overgeared will begin streaming on Crunchyroll alongside the Japanese version on Sunday, September 27," its news site said.
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