Please complete and submit this form to create an account with ModelTalker.org and gain access to our voice recording software or to download demo voices. Note that by using our software to upload your speech files, you are giving staff of the Speech Research Laboratory of the Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children access to your speech recordings.
The information requested below is intended to allow us to communicate with you, to assist in classifying your dialect, and to help us better understand the factors that lead to optimal synthetic voice quality. We do not share this information with any external entities. Please fill out the registration form as completely as you can.
Note: This form should be completed by the person who will be recording or receiving a voice since it is that person who must agree to our terms.
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By clicking Register and submitting this form, I acknowledge that I am the above named Donor ('Donor'), or Donor's parent/legal guardian and hereby grant The Nemours Foundation ('Nemours') full and complete permission to record my/Donor's speech as a donation to help develop synthetic voices for non-vocal children and adults. The speech recordings and synthetic voices derived from the speech recordings may be used, reproduced, distributed, modified, transmitted, transferred, and licensed for any purpose and by all means, now known or hereafter devised. I hereby release Nemours, its directors, officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates from any and all claims and liability in connection with the use, reproduction, modification, transmission, distribution, transfer, and license of the recordings. I acknowledge and agree that the foregoing release shall be binding on the Donor and the Donor's guardians, heirs, successors, representatives, agents and assigns, and may be used to the benefit of Nemours, its subsidiaries, affiliates, transferees, assignees, licensees and successors.
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please call or email the ModelTalker Project Coordinator (302-651-6545; staff@modeltalker.org) to discuss your concerns before completing this registration process.
* I have read and agree to the ModelTalker End User License and Terms of Service.
