voice
- noun
- /vɔɪs/
- Specialized
- A part of convergence is the emergence of affordable, powerful, flexible, touch, and voice-controlled apps.
- voice output
- computer-generated voice
- synthesized voice
I can now copy your voice and say whatever I want quickly.
- I can now copy your voice and say whatever I want quickly.
- And it came up with a deepfake of Bourdain's voice to narrate his own emails.
Examples
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"Captain Solo," a nervous mechanical voice called after him from the direction of the lounge.
Fiction book (1991) -
The platform stopped twice before a computer-generated voice said, "Level Two," and they got off.
Fiction book (1991) -
Yeah, this is a voice note to the audience.
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The robot voice does not help your cause.
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Please send us a voice memo to Instagram.
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If you want, a female electronic voice will even give you a countdown over the intercom.
Fiction book (1991) -
HelloSlide is a PDF-only tool that allows you to add computer-generated voice to your documents.
Academic text (2012) -
Whoever does the voice of that piggy truck, I'm tellin' ya, he's one great actor!
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The computer's voice guided me through the navigation system effortlessly.
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In the presentation, they used a synthetic voice to read the scripts aloud.
Antonyms
Idioms
To enjoy hearing yourself speak while not listening to others
Compounds
A phone service that lets people leave messages and hear them later when no one answers
- Specialized
A sentence form where the subject receives the action, usually formed with 'be' plus a past verb form like 'eaten'
- Specialized
A part of a song for singers who sing in the same range, for example soprano
- Specialized
The lower part of the singing voice that sounds full and is felt in the chest
How Natural
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Voice comes from Latin vox, 'voice', and now it also means the sound made by a device or app. A phone, smart speaker, or app has a 'voice' because it 'speaks' to you, even if the sound is made by software.