Summary

  • Text-to-speech (TTS) innovator Rime has launched Arcana, a platform that generates voice likenesses with the help of large language models (LLMs) and a voice cloning tool.
  • Users can create voices with a range of accents, pitched at specific age and demographics, and even reflecting regional social factors such as socioeconomic status.
  • Rime collected voice data via its own voice recording studio and a global network of people who were enticed via social media and platforms like Craigslist.
  • The company is already working with brands including Domino’s, Wingstop and ConverseNow, powering more than 100 million calls per month and boosting customer sales by an average of 15%.
  • Rime’s technology offers on-premises solutions to improve response times and will be 90% on-premises by the end of 2025.

By Taryn Plumb

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