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Wednesday, October 29th, 2025

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Are text-to-speech/speech synthesis casts allowed on IMDb?

I've been wondering whether text-to-speech is allowed in casts. Some films, series, and games use speech synthesis instead of real actors, but I don't know if IMDb allows it or if it's only permitted with real actors, without AI or speech synthesis voices. There was a film example, WALL-E, where the steering robot AUTO was voiced using MacInTalk, Apple's speech synthesis program. Despite this, I'm still unsure if it's even allowed to use a computer-generated voice in a cast. So, my question is: can voices that aren't from real people be added to a cast? I just want to be sure for my future contributor.

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Hi Ravendark- We are checking with the appropriate team and will follow up once we have clarification. Cheers!

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Hey Maya I wanted to ask if there's any news, since it's been a week already. I don't mean to be rude, I just want to be sure to know.

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@Ravendark- Thank you! We're still getting clarification on this, so we do not have an update right now. We will post when we have it.

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Hey, is there any news?

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@Ravendark- Not yet, apologies for this. I have further consulted with the respective team.