{"id":291652,"date":"2024-11-18T11:05:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=344104"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:44:02","slug":"technology-has-just-recreated-for-the-first-time-in-history-the-voice-of-this-english-king-who-died-600-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/technology-has-just-recreated-for-the-first-time-in-history-the-voice-of-this-english-king-who-died-600-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology has just recreated for the first time in history the voice of this English king who died 600 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A digital avatar of the medieval king Richard III was displayed on Sunday at the York Theatre Royal (England) after experts helped generate a replica of his voice. <strong>Yes, technology is now capable of recreating the voice of someone who has been dead for more than 600 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/newsletter.png?GoogleAccessId=wp-stateless%40kubertonic.iam.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1791631289&Signature=Mlfht8B9QiCnSIATbFkEt7FPcRFUMfS7TFPrhiSsn5ac1u%2F69lYjlQvXtStJUoAJSI%2Fpibh9fE0cZmQgiYrd0HjLGcWb52HoqAQKViGNWwM18Z1sylG0gvlXa66c0BxY%2FHim9HbcXu%2FHOmj4Y14ez%2FcjIOdXHpItHWdrgT637YfRrvppTDZptgcCbFRJapHZzlulyshcbmsirPiVpVS17oB0XXLiqV70NOBKsCa22JcIpARwJLyZ%2F%2BEy7gkAgdG2aTHuqN6JbVA%2Ffrkiq9UPmAqepnQzp0yE8S%2FeUQ%2BMYxxekNJ6WIH3Co5vI%2FiPP8C3xGMOkh3SDCStP2WYzyYqbQ%3D%3D\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Subscribe to the Softonic newsletter and get the latest in tech, gaming, entertainment and deals right in your inbox.<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Subscribe (it's FREE) \u25ba<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485,<\/strong> at the age of 32. That is to say, he was king for just two years; life can be cruel in such ways. And interestingly, <strong>his remains were discovered in 2012 under a parking lot in Leicester<\/strong> by Philippa Langley through her project Looking for Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His skeleton was identified through various scientific disciplines, including DNA analysis,<strong> and now experts have managed to recreate his voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding the recreation, Langley stated <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/king-richard-iii-given-yorkshire-accent-using-state-of-the-art-technology-13255791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">to Sky News<\/a>: &#8220;We have leading experts in their fields who have been working on this for 10 years, so everything has been meticulously researched, meticulously evidenced, so you are seeing the most accurate representation of Richard III.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Researchers reveal the recreated voice of Richard III<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PAiZ4D1jU3\">https:\/\/t.co\/PAiZ4D1jU3<\/a><br><br>? Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UP6yEKjWEI\">pic.twitter.com\/UP6yEKjWEI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1858198208893096129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This is what King Richard III&#8217;s voice sounded like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It quickly became a research project with a unique goal: <strong>to explore the possibility of recreating the voice of the long-deceased king.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A team from the Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University created an avatar based on <strong>a reconstruction of the head of Richard III, led by Professor Caroline Wilkinson, an expert in craniofacial identification.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts from various fields helped to fit the pieces of the puzzle, such as speech therapy, dentistry, forensic psychology, and archaeology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result of the recreation, as explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2024\/nov\/17\/technology-used-to-recreate-richard-iiis-voice-with-yorkshire-accent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Guardian\">The Guardian<\/a>, is that <strong>Richard III&#8217;s accent sounds more distinctly Yorkshire than the English spoken by characters like Ian McKellen and Laurence Olivier<\/strong> when portraying the monarch in Shakespeare&#8217;s play.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bb71af8a-96bf-11e6-8279-00163ec9f5fa\/1690710143\/netflix-Download-Netflix.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Netflix<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the curious, <strong>Richard III died in the Battle of Bosworth on August 22, 1485.<\/strong> He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A digital avatar of the medieval king Richard III was displayed on Sunday at the York Theatre Royal (England) after experts helped generate a replica of his voice. Yes, technology is now capable of recreating the voice of someone who died over 600 years ago. Richard III was king of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32. That is to say, he was king for just two years; life can be cruel like that. And interestingly, his remains were discovered in 2012 under a parking lot in Leicester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":291653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":50},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-291652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310784,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291652\/revisions\/310784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291652"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=291652"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=291652"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=291652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}