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Copyright issues with using text to speech programs.?
I have noticed a lot of movies and albums these days using text to speech programs as part of spoken robot dialogue. Does anybody know if there is any sort of license you have to obtain to use at TTS program for recording purposes or if its considered fair use the way a musical instrument would be? I don't want to get sued.
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- eldelfinalegreLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Each TTS vendor licenses their engines differently. So in some cases you're OK but in others, you're not. You need to look at the fine print carefully for each engine, as to whether you can record, use for yourself only, distribute to others for free, or sell works created with the TTS engine.
- adderekLv 41 decade ago
Contact with a lawyer.
As for the TTS: if you use it then you have bought it (in very case you have paid 0$ cause it could be free). When you paid for it then you must have some kind of license. I guess that you have a license to use it for personal purpose only - in that case you cannot use it for commercial purpose.
If in doubt - you might contact with the manufacturer of your TTS application. I bet that it won't be free.
The licensing problem is in both: license of the sound generated and the application used to generate it. And the text that is converted to speech of course.
