Known-Voice Cloning and the Limits of Personality Transfer for Character Design
Recent advances in zero-shot voice cloning systems make it possible to reproduce a recognizable voice from a short recording and attach it to arbitrary virtual characters. Prior work suggests that familiar vocal identity can carry over associated personality impressions to new targets such as robots or virtual characters. However, these works have mainly examined familiarity and personalization effects rather than directly testing whether a cloned familiar voice systematically transfers personality impressions to an embodied virtual character. Such transference raises the concern that cloned voices could be used to manipulate people into engaging with virtual characters as capable social ...
| Authors | Johanna Magdalena Kuch, Maud van Lier, Daksitha Senel Withanage Don et al. |
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| Primary category | cs.CL |
| Published | 13 October 2026 |
| Last updated at source | 13 October 2026 |
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