Human Voices Only

So, my friends, if you’re not aware, today is Human Voices Only day for narrators and voice actors against AI narration. I don’t think I’ve actually touched on this subject here but I fall heavily on the anti-AI side of creative ventures. Writing, art, narration–those are arts for humans to create. I will never willingly or purposefully support the use of AI in said arts, nor will I use it myself. I’ve spent many years honing my craft and I don’t appreciate someone plugging prompts into a computer and claiming it’s the same thing. It’s not.

Anyway, if you are also unaware, loads of narrators and VAs have teamed up with authors on TikTok (and probably the other socials, too, I haven’t checked) to support human voices. They did this for free, which is just amazing, and I just happened to catch the buzz in time to get in on the fun. And fun it is.

Let me just say here that I didn’t intend to accidentally find the absolute perfect voice for Chance from The Nameless. I didn’t expect that at all, but that’s exactly what happened. I wasn’t sure what to expect through the butterflies in my gut when I sent my snippet through the email-verse, but what I got back was absolutely on the mark.

So, shout out to Ash Kelley (ashkellyaudio.com, @ashkelley and TikTok) for a banging job. Seriously, go find him on all the socials and follow that man. And listen to this little bit of perfection:

Also, take a moment today to share some of the awesome narrators and VAs and say it with me, Human Voices Only!