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Jameson Hodge

Builds CHIMERA, a voice synthesizer that simulates the airway in the browser.

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  • Preview of CHIMERA vocal synth
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    CHIMERA vocal synth

    A voice grown from a simulated airway: drag the tongue, lips and jaw, type text to speak or notes to sing, and watch pressure and formants move live.

    • sound
    • voice
    • speech
    • singing
    • +2 more topics

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About Jameson Hodge

Jameson Hodge builds CHIMERA, a free, open-source voice synthesizer that runs in the browser. Every sound comes from a simulated airway, lungs, vocal folds, a branched vocal tract, lips and nose, not from samples.

It speaks typed English or IPA, sings from a piano roll with lyrics, beatboxes, and gives voice to a songbird, a seal, an alligator and an elephant. Everything on its screen animates from the engine’s live state: air pressure, airflow, the vocal folds, spectra and formants. Its docs measure it against real speakers and a real singer, and say where it still falls short.

  • Voice synthesis
  • Acoustics
  • Speech science
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