brake alert: Read only if you’ve seen “Top Gun: Maverick” in theaters now.
“Top Gun” fans already knew that Val Kilmer would reprise the role of Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the sequel, but details of the actor’s return have been a question mark since Kilmer lost the ability to speak after undergoing treatment for throat cancer. In 2014. The script for “Top Gun: Maverick” is taken from Kilmer’s real life, where Iceman also suffers from cancer and communicates through writing. Kilmer can say a short line of dialogue, but his speaking voice is generated by artificial intelligence.
Kilmer announce In August 2021, he partnered with Sonantic to create an AI-powered speaking voice for himself. The actor provided the company with hours of archival footage showing his speaking voice which was then fed through the company’s algorithms and turned into a model. according to ForbesThis process was used again for the “Top Gun: Maverick” actor appearance.
“Ultimately, we created more than 40 different audio models and chose the best, highest quality and most expressive,” John Flynn, chief technology officer and co-founder of Sonantic, said in a statement to Forbes. “These new algorithms are now integrated into our audio engine, so future customers can also take advantage of them automatically.”
“I am grateful to the entire team at Sonantic who have masterfully restored my voice in a way I could never have imagined,” Kilmer originally said in a statement about artificial intelligence. My presence and the side effects of throat cancer made it difficult for others to understand me. The opportunity to tell my story, in a voice that sounds authentic and familiar, is an incredibly special gift.”
as such Forbes reports: After cleaning up Kilmer’s old audio recordings, [Sonantic] Use the Voice Engine to teach the phonetic model how to speak like Kilmer. Sonantek said the engine had about 10 times less data than it would have given it on a typical project, and that wasn’t enough. The company then decided to devise new algorithms that could produce a high-quality audio model using the available data.”
“Top Gun: Maverick” is now playing in theaters nationwide.
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