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Beverly Standing claims she never gave permission for TikTok to generate phrases using her voice 9 May 2021 • 7:14pm Beverly Standing said she had not been told her voice would be used on the app Credit: Beverly Standing Her voice is instantly recognisable to millions of TikTok users, but until recently, Beverly Standing had no idea she was part of the app. Ms Standing, a professional voice actor in Ontario, Canada, is better known as the “voice of TikTok”, the computer generated speech that narrates thousands of videos on the app. Since launching in late 2020, TikTok’s text-to-speech...

Tech your username May 7, 2021 On Thursday, voice actor Beverly Standing, also known as Bev Standing, filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York against ByteDance E-Commerce Inc., doing business as TikTok, alleging that the defendant has imitated her likeness, particularly the likeness of her voice. According to the complaint, Bev Standing “is a voice actor and is well known in the voice over industry. Plaintiff’s voice and likeness are well-known both in this country and abroad.” Meanwhile, the defendant via TikTok is a “social networking service and social media platform...