I narrate audiobooks part time. ive read that some narrators are baking voice watermarks into their delivery audio. anyone doing this seriously and what tools are people using. also curious about contractual protections in audiobook contracts now
From the publisher side weve added a ‘no derivative voice training’ clause to every narration contract since q2 last year. its standard now. for active watermarking the practical tool ive seen narrators use is Resemble’s PerTh watermark which is robust to typical platform compression. expect it to mature a lot in the next 18 months.
The contractual clause is the bigger lever right now imo. watermarking is cat-and-mouse. legal language survives the technology cycle better.
@NovaJunkie88 my publisher has the clause already, good to know its industry standard. will look into the watermark for extra defense
Fellow voice work person here. ive been adding the clause to my own contracts since i started. clients dont push back on it, ever, in my experience.
podcast world is moving on the same contract clause. the boilerplate that goes into our distribution agreements now includes the ‘no training’ line specifically for voice. it took maybe 6 months to become standard.
As someone who writes vendor contracts on the b2b side: this language is becoming standard across creative deliverables. clients dont push back. add it to your default template if you havent.