Skyrim modders are in luck, although I'm sure they won't be the only ones who will benefit from this in the future. VASynth, a tool that many will have dreamed of. Because what it allows is generate spoken dialogue from the original voices from Bethesda games. And of course, that completely changes the possibilities of future mods.
VASynth, the tool to create new dialogues in Skyrim
The modder community has always been very active, constantly offering new ways to enjoy some of the most famous titles in video game history. Still, they have always had some creative limitation. Not because it was impossible, but because it required a much greater effort than the classic graphic modification. We refer to the issue of spoken dialogues.
Changing a texture that modifies how a stage or directly a character looks is something that takes a lot of work, but with the right knowledge it's a matter of spending time and that's it. However, changing the dialogs is different. To start, you need a dubbing actor or someone with the right tone of voice and the intonation capacity necessary to print the level of emotion that each sentence requires. And then all the equipment so that the audio is of quality.
Well, right now we have so many tools that incredible things can be achieved. Much more if they are combined with the use of artificial intelligence. That's what he does VASynth, an AI-powered utility that allows you to create new spoken dialogs.
The operation of the application can be seen in the following video and what it basically does artificial intelligence is based on the voices of some Bethesda games to synthesize the new texts that are introduced. Thus, for example, you can choose voices from titles such as Skyrim, Fallout 4, Morrowind, etc.
As can be seen in the video, it is true that some voices do not sound completely natural, but it is only a matter of training to achieve a much more realistic tone. Something that the author himself already mentions that he will be doing over time. However, when he does it well the result is spectacular. Press play to the following video and turn up the volume.
As you can imagine, the VASynth is a change in the rules of the game for the modder community. From now on, they will not only be able to give a new visual aspect to many titles but also modify the dialogues to tell new stories or add more information, give voice to all those characters with whom one interacts, but do not have endless uses more. And it could even be used to create memes. So you will have to keep track if you are a lover of mods.
How to download VASynth
Created by Dan Ruta, VASynth is a tool that can be downloaded by any user interested in its use. What its author does ask for is that it be used responsibly, nothing to create bad-sounding dialogues or to annoy other users. If it is done, the person who did it will be solely responsible for any problem that could be generated.
With the application already installed, in the text box you can enter what you want it to say and play with the rest of the settings to establish aspects such as the emotion or emphasis that it will use when generating the audio.
On the nexusmods page you have all the information for the download and install this tool. In addition to some advice in the event that you have specific hardware such as Nvidia graphics.