The Witcher 3: AI smooths Geralt's Polish voice after stroke
Jacek Rozenek, Geralt's Polish voice, sounds different since his stroke. For the new Witcher 3 expansion, CD Projekt Red uses AI to smooth his recordings.
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giftdetect· the right gift in minutesThe Witcher 3 is getting a new expansion, and Geralt's Polish voice has needed some help to get there. Jacek Rozenek, who plays the white-haired monster hunter in the Polish version, sounds different since he had a stroke. CD Projekt Red is using AI to smooth his voice for the new content.
That is the core of what the studio has confirmed so far. The AI edits Rozenek's performance rather than replacing him. It is a fix for how his voice sounds today, so that Geralt still matches the character players have known for years.
Who is Jacek Rozenek?
Rozenek is the voice actor behind Geralt in the Polish edition of The Witcher 3. For Polish players, his voice is simply what Geralt sounds like. A noticeable change in that voice is a real problem when new lines have to sit next to the old ones in the same game.
Why use AI on Geralt's voice?
The aim is consistency. New dialogue recorded today would otherwise sound clearly different from the base game. Using AI to even out the sound lets the studio keep the original actor in the role instead of recasting him.
The studio's approach is a notable example of AI used in a voice-acting context, and one that starts from the actor's own recordings. Further details, such as exactly how the processing works or when the expansion arrives, were not part of the information available here.
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