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CD Projekt Red Used AI to Alter Geralt's Voice Due to Polish Actor's Health Issues

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CD Projekt Red Used AI to Alter Geralt's Voice Due to Polish Actor's Health Issues

The Witcher 3 is getting a new expansion more than 11 years after it first released, and due to a health issue experienced by Geralt's Polish voice actor, CD Projekt Red will be using an AI tool to modify his voice.

Jacek Rozenek, who voiced Geralt in The Witcher 3's Polish dub, will be returning to voice Geralt in Songs of the Past. Rozenek notably suffered a stroke back in 2019 that affected his voice. Thanks to modern technology, CD Projekt Red is able to use an AI voice modulator, Respeecher, to alter the actor's voice to match his 2014 lines, as noted by Game File.

According to the post, Rozenek's stroke left him unable to even speak for a while, and he only gained his voice back after a ton of rigorous training. He was able to return for a couple of quests in the Next-Gen update that came out back in 2022, but told Game File that he "was so exhausted after this recording." Still, CD Projekt Red wanted him to return for the new expansion, so it had to think outside the box.

The main problem was that, after everything Rozenek went through, his voice was noticably different than it was in 2014 when he recorded the bulk of Geralt's lines for the original game. Rozenek's voice is now much lower pitched than it used to be, which would make any new lines sound odd when played next to the older ones that are supposed to take place in the same time period.


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