AI Voice Banking for Speech Loss Quiz

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1. How does message banking differ from voice banking?
   • Message banking records whole phrases played back as spoken, while voice banking builds a synthetic voice that can say anything typed
   • Message banking uses a generic computer voice
   • Voice banking only stores text messages
   • They are two names for exactly the same process
2. Why might a family use old home videos and voicemails to build someone's voice?
   • Old recordings are always higher quality
   • Voice cloning services only accept video files
   • New recordings would capture the speech impairment the person already has
   • It avoids the need for any consent
3. When Apple introduced Personal Voice with iOS 17 in 2023, roughly how many phrases did it ask you to record?
   • About 3
   • About 150
   • About 5,000
   • About 50,000
4. Why do clinicians recommend banking early for people with ALS?
   • Voice banking tools are only sold for a limited time
   • Early recordings are required by law
   • Recordings expire after a year
   • Conditions like ALS can affect speech quickly, especially when symptoms start in the speech and swallowing muscles
5. Which recording practice improves a banked voice?
   • Switching microphones between sessions for variety
   • Recording in an echoing room for natural sound
   • Using a quiet room, the same microphone at a steady distance, and short sessions to avoid fatigue
   • Recording everything in one long session
6. Why should raw voice recordings be kept in a lossless format with backups?
   • Future tools may build better voices from the same audio
   • Lossless files make the synthetic voice speak faster
   • Communication devices only accept lossless files
   • It prevents anyone from cloning the voice
7. Which statement about voice banking is a misconception?
   • A synthetic voice may miss some nuances of the real one
   • Speech-language pathologists often help people plan
   • Voice repair quality depends on how much clean audio exists
   • Voice banking restores natural, spontaneous speech
8. Which consent question does the guide raise about voice models?
   • Whether the voice should be louder than normal
   • Who can use the model, including whether family may use it after the person's death
   • Whether the voice must be in English
   • How many phrases a message bank may hold