I heard that at one point Majel actually recorded every phonetic sound so that any lines could be constructed syllabically after she was gone. I don’t know if that is true. Nobody lives forever. Her computer voice was much more interesting than her Nurse Chapel. Lwaxana wasn’t my favorite but she was exemplary in Half a Life with David Ogden Stiers. That’s a great episode with a lot to say and is still relevant as the best Treks tend to be.
Did this article say “Captain Worf” in reference to the Enterprise-F? Granted, they don’t say it outright, but the strong implication is that Worf is captain. So either this article’s writer spilled the beans, or they’ve made a heck of a leap of an assumption.
Given that they likely have to pay her estate and/or her family every time they use her voice it’s not surprising they may want to put the extra resources into other elements and utilize a voice actor who they don’t have to pay the same fee for someone of Majel’s standing.
I’m certain another very Majel sounding voice artist has done computer voice work before, like Voyager or something. You can pay homage to the original series and later spin-off series without necessarily going full on deep fake AI!
People who worry about a computer voice have way too much time on their hands.
I heard that at one point Majel actually recorded every phonetic sound so that any lines could be constructed syllabically after she was gone. I don’t know if that is true. Nobody lives forever. Her computer voice was much more interesting than her Nurse Chapel. Lwaxana wasn’t my favorite but she was exemplary in Half a Life with David Ogden Stiers. That’s a great episode with a lot to say and is still relevant as the best Treks tend to be.
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Did this article say “Captain Worf” in reference to the Enterprise-F? Granted, they don’t say it outright, but the strong implication is that Worf is captain. So either this article’s writer spilled the beans, or they’ve made a heck of a leap of an assumption.
Given that they likely have to pay her estate and/or her family every time they use her voice it’s not surprising they may want to put the extra resources into other elements and utilize a voice actor who they don’t have to pay the same fee for someone of Majel’s standing.
I’m certain another very Majel sounding voice artist has done computer voice work before, like Voyager or something. You can pay homage to the original series and later spin-off series without necessarily going full on deep fake AI!
They should have kept Majel’s voice