{"id":53508,"date":"2023-12-07T19:17:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/business\/a-new-bedtime-story-voiced-by-jimmy-stewart-just-in-time-for-christmas-26-years-after-his-death\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T19:17:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:17:20","slug":"a-new-bedtime-story-voiced-by-jimmy-stewart-just-in-time-for-christmas-26-years-after-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=53508","title":{"rendered":"A new bedtime story voiced by Jimmy Stewart just in time for Christmas, 26 years after his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpu82lk8000o26pa1nwv5y7a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Thanks to generative AI technology, you can now listen to a soothing Christmas bedtime story told by the late legendary actor Jimmy Stewart.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpu82e9u000b3b6h7qehbluy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Stewart, star of \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d who died in 1997, is the voice behind a new audio story released Tuesday on the sleep and meditation app Calm. Generative AI helps to imitate Stewart\u2019s distinctive<strong> <\/strong>tone, replicated with the approval of<strong> <\/strong>the actor\u2019s family and estate, managed by CMG Worldwide.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpu82e9u000c3b6hm9uca56a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Titled\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Sleep Story,\u201d the<strong> <\/strong>bedtime<strong> <\/strong>tale kicks off on Christmas Eve, giving listeners a festive story as part of Calm\u2019s Sleep Stories. The collection is meant to guide users to bed with calming voices and very few plot points, with Stewart\u2019s story now available to premium Calm subscribers.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpu82e9u000d3b6hiix579pt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cWe are excited for our Dad to be the voice of Calm\u2019s latest Sleep Story,\u201d said Kelly Stewart Harcourt via a Calm statement to CNN. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing what technology can do and wonderful to see Dad\u2019s legacy live on this holiday season in new ways, like helping people find restful sleep and sweet dreams.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpu82e9u000e3b6hkren8zk8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      While the story itself was written and produced by Calm, the app worked with voice cloning company Respeecher to create a sound similar to Stewart. Respeecher, a Ukrainian-based AI voice company, says it relied on \u201ca few dozen minutes\u201d of existing recordings of the actor\u2019s voice to train its system, blending that together with a voice actor reading the story out loud to create the finished version seemingly read by Stewart himself. Respeecher has also done projects recreating other iconic voices including Vince Lombardi, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader and announced a $1 million \u201cpre-series A\u201d fundraising round Wednesday.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpu82e9u000f3b6hte7n9477@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cWell, hello. I\u2019m James Stewart, but, well, you can call me Jimmy,\u201d the audio opens in what sounds exactly like Stewart\u2019s signature soothing tone. \u201cTonight, I\u2019m going to tell you a story. It\u2019s a heartwarming story of love, of loss, of hope and of joy but most of all, it\u2019s a wonderful sleep story.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/07\/tech\/calm-bedtime-story-jimmy-stewart-ai\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to generative AI technology, you can now listen to a soothing Christmas bedtime story told by the late legendary actor Jimmy Stewart. Stewart, star of \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d who died in 1997, is the voice behind a new audio story released Tuesday on the sleep and meditation app Calm. 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