Descript AI Speech Consenting Speaker Requirement (Terms of Service)

Properties

kind: provider-policy
target: voice
jurisdiction: Descript (industry)
mechanism: Descript's Terms of Service require that by reading the Consent Statement or otherwise submitting Training Audio, the user consents and represents and warrants they have the right to use the Consenting Speaker's AI Voice and have obtained the consent of all Consenting Speakers. The terms expressly prohibit submitting a third party's unauthorized voice recordings as training audio, or submitting deceptive or unauthorized Consent Statements.
status: active
owns: Distinct from elevenlabs-voice-clone-policy by structuring consent as a contractual representation-and-warranty tied to a defined 'Consenting Speaker' term with an express prohibition on deceptive consent statements, rather than ElevenLabs' account-based self-verification and ownership gate.
source: Descript AI Speech Consenting Speaker Requirement (Terms of Service)
notes: Related clause in the same terms: 'By reading the Consent Statement or otherwise submitting Training Audio to us, you consent (and represent and warrant that you have the right to use such Consenting Speaker's AI Voice and that you have obtained the consent of all Consenting Speakers).' No confirmed date of last update was found; not confirmed as a change within the 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-05 window. Included as backfill given the catalogue currently tracks only one provider-policy entry.

kind: provider-policy
target: voice
jurisdiction: Descript (industry)
mechanism: Descript's Terms of Service require that by reading the Consent Statement or otherwise submitting Training Audio, the user consents and represents and warrants they have the right to use the Consenting Speaker's AI Voice and have obtained the consent of all Consenting Speakers. The terms expressly prohibit submitting a third party's unauthorized voice recordings as training audio, or submitting deceptive or unauthorized Consent Statements.
status: active
owns: Distinct from elevenlabs-voice-clone-policy by structuring consent as a contractual representation-and-warranty tied to a defined 'Consenting Speaker' term with an express prohibition on deceptive consent statements, rather than ElevenLabs' account-based self-verification and ownership gate.
source: Descript AI Speech Consenting Speaker Requirement (Terms of Service)
notes: Related clause in the same terms: 'By reading the Consent Statement or otherwise submitting Training Audio to us, you consent (and represent and warrant that you have the right to use such Consenting Speaker's AI Voice and that you have obtained the consent of all Consenting Speakers).' No confirmed date of last update was found; not confirmed as a change within the 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-05 window. Included as backfill given the catalogue currently tracks only one provider-policy entry.