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Voice Modeling

MetaStudio allows customizing virtual avatar voices.

Prerequisites

Before creating a voice modeling task, you need to prepare the following items by referring to Procedure:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the MetaStudio console.
  1. Click Create under Voice modeling.

    Figure 1 Customizing a voice

  2. Under the Huawei Models tab, configure voice modeling parameters.

    For details, see Table 1.
    Table 1 GUI operations

    Parameter

    Description

    Voice modeling

    If you select Voice modeling (advanced edition), record a WAV audio file of 100 phrases as a whole, with a pause of 2–3 seconds between phrases. The audio duration ranges from 10–30 minutes (recommended: 15 minutes).

    Voice Settings

    Enter a voice name. Example: emotion_joyful_healing

    Voice Gender

    Gender of the voice. Example: Female

    Input Language

    Language of the voice. Example: Chinese

    Voice Tag

    Tag of the voice. Select a tag based on the selected script example. Options:

    • Marketing
    • News

    Produce Voice

    If you select Script Upload, upload a WAV audio recording without being compressed or containing TXT files.

  3. Click Submit.

    The Information dialog box is displayed, notifying you of the remaining voice modeling quota and indicating that one resource will be consumed this time.

  4. After confirming the information, click Submit.

    After the voice modeling task is submitted, the message Production task submitted is displayed, as shown in Figure 2.

    After the voice modeling task is submitted, the task review will take about one day. After the task is approved, you can start voice modeling.
    Figure 2 Production task submitted

  5. You can click View Production Tasks to view the review progress of the voice modeling task.

    When the status changes to Reviewed, algorithm training is automatically started. If there are multiple algorithm training tasks, queuing and delay may occur.

  6. After the training is complete, choose My Creations in the navigation pane.
  7. Select the Voices tab, find the generated voice, and click the avatar in the voice card to preview the voice.

    Figure 3 Voice