Iona

[ahy-oh-nuh]

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noun

an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.

Iona

/ ��ɪˈəʊ��ə /

noun

an island off the W coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides: site of St Columba's monastery (founded in 563) and an important early centre of Christianity. Area: 854 ha (2112 acres)

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Voiceover artist Gayanne Potter said the artificial announcer - which is marketed as an imaginary character called Iona - was trained by Swedish technology firm ReadSpeaker using her voice.

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ScotRail said it had no plans to remove "Iona" and the dispute was between the company and the voiceover artist.

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Ms Potter opened the page to find Iona - a text-to-speech programme marketed as a red haired woman standing in a Scottish glen.

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ReadSpeaker markets its products, including Iona, as an "AI voice generator," but it said all of its programmes are based on "human voice talent".

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The firm uses a text-to-speech model, that means a user can type anything and Iona will read it out loud.

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