Paid Voice Recording Session
You can do both of our Berlin studies
We also run the Altavo study in the same room in Berlin. If you qualify for both, you can sign up for both in one go and earn 200 EUR in total.
Sign up for both studiesWe're not making a copy of your voice.
Your recordings help build new synthetic voices for people who can't speak. No voice is ever made to sound like you, and your recordings are never used to identify you.
Before you book
- You are a native US English speaker with a California, Michigan, Colorado or Texas accent, and can attend the appointment in Berlin.
- You read everyday sentences aloud in a studio
- The session is audio recorded, and nothing is filmed
- We record one of four American accents: California, Michigan, Colorado or Texas
- You record a short voice sample after booking, and Acapela confirm your place
- You sign a participant agreement before recording
- One session of about an hour
- You receive 70 EUR after the session
- You can reschedule if needed
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Help Give a Voice to People Who Have Lost Theirs
Acapela Group builds the voices inside speech devices: the technology that lets someone who has lost the ability to speak choose their words and hear them spoken aloud, in a voice that sounds human rather than robotic.
Those voices have to be built from real human speech. That is what this session is: you read everyday sentences aloud in a studio, in your ordinary speaking voice.
We are recording four American accents: California, Michigan, Colorado and Texas, so that someone using a speech device can have a voice that sounds like where they are from, instead of a generic one.
Your recordings are used to build new voices, not to copy yours. No voice will be created to sound like you, and your recordings will never be used to identify you.
How it works
Session timeline
Recording sessions are held at our Berlin studio with a moderator present
Hosted by Spire Light in collaboration with Acapela Group
Spire Light manages recruitment and recording sessions for this project on behalf of Acapela Group. Acapela builds the voices used in speech-assistive devices for people who have lost the ability to speak.
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- Your recordings are used to develop and train speech technology, including the synthetic voices used in speech-assistive devices: this is commercial development work
- No synthetic voice will be created to imitate or reproduce your individual voice
- Your recordings will never be used to identify or verify you
- The recordings are never sold or published as an audio dataset
- You sign a participant agreement before recording, and you keep a copy
- You can ask questions before the session begins
- You can cancel or reschedule if needed
New voices, not a copy of yours.
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Questions before booking?
Feel free to reach out. We are happy to help.