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• NPCs will have voice acted audio greetings.
• Certain bosses and creatures will have voice lines along with other audio cues.

• Narrated quest lines are not currently planned for launch. It has been stated that adding voice acting into the game at a later point will be a fairly cosmetic change.

Is it difficult to add voice acting later? No, it's definitely not... It's a fairly cosmetic change. – Steven Sharif

• The use of AI voice acting is under consideration.

I think that some of the technology and the advancements that we've seen, not just within the gaming industry but a broad scope of AI influence, is something that we are keeping a close eye on and we have some plans to investigate and inspect a few of the designs and approaches that we've taken, particularly as it relates I think to this question and AI voiceover potential to influence our narrative loops and how players interact with general AI dialogue; and there is an opportunity there, but it's not one that we have fully explored yet, although it is on the docket for the first part of next year for us to analyze what potential exists from a leveraging standpoint for this new tech; and I would say, stay tuned next year as we give updates. You'll likely see some things, perhaps even in Alpha-2 that could relate to that, we'll see. But, it is something we are aware of and we are keeping close tabs on how to integrate and leverage as part of Ashes. – Steven Sharif

Interview, October 20, 2018 (2:22:09).

Livestream, 2018-04-8 (AM) (25:12).

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Livestream, December 19, 2023 (3:59).

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