Meet the 'Voice of TikTok,' Radio DJ Kat Callaghan
The text-to-talk option on TikTok is a person, not a computer. Kat Callaghan is a Canadian radio DJ and voice-over artist. Her face may not be familiar, but her voice might be. Kat’s reveal video, where she shared her cool TikTok gig, instantly went viral with almost 46 million views. But Kat, who is also a married mother of 2, almost didn’t tell people who she was. Inside Edition Digital’s TC Newman has more with Kat Callaghan.
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Imagine hearing your own voice over thousands of times 😵💫
@hedgehog1684
Жыл бұрын
she sounds like siri or cortana
@VinnytotheK
Жыл бұрын
Kinda like we do everyday when we talk? 🤔
@Jessen2204
Жыл бұрын
She died
@hedgehog1684
Жыл бұрын
@@Jessen2204 yes ☠️💀
@suyahatesntr
Жыл бұрын
She knows we're sick of her voice and she's sick of her voice too.
Imagine the amount of weird things she’s heard her voice say
@hackman3
Жыл бұрын
🤣
@user-ts1kp5dj9q
Жыл бұрын
The n word lmaoo
@hackman3
Жыл бұрын
@@user-ts1kp5dj9q 🤣😆😂
@skypie5374
Жыл бұрын
@@user-ts1kp5dj9q ooo
@nowshipping
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely hate her voice. Sorry.
She’s a radio dj at my local radio station, I listen to her all the time and never realized she was the TikTok voice, I was shocked
@Reefer-Rampage69
Жыл бұрын
How did you not notice 😂
@Amazingperson-ur8iz
Жыл бұрын
Same here! I listen to her on 91.5 the beat.
@splenced7091
Жыл бұрын
@@Reefer-Rampage69 because when she’s speaking normally it isn’t super obvious so unless you know about it, you don’t really make the commection
@Reefer-Rampage69
Жыл бұрын
@@splenced7091 True, I get that
@KDubz18
Жыл бұрын
@@Amazingperson-ur8iz which city is this?
Her face looks exactly what I imagined with her voice.
@Purrrrrrsia
Жыл бұрын
I imagined some teen blonde girl tbh
@GreenLightMe
Жыл бұрын
you imagined a fat canadian?
@heatherhussler6709
Жыл бұрын
@GreenLightMe She isn’t fat. She’s an average sized adult woman. Your over exaggeration of what “fat” actually looks like, is hilarious. If she’s fat, then 70% of the world is also fat or on the verge of being fat.
@echox000
Жыл бұрын
@@Purrrrrrsia true
@TeenagedRat
Жыл бұрын
same
What's more, I just love the sarcastic sounding voice from her. It absolutely makes my day.
@sunflowersand12
Жыл бұрын
@@Pack_Watch troll bot
@MsEliteForever
Жыл бұрын
@@Cm-lp4mu what they say?
@yummysandwich3421
Жыл бұрын
@@Pack_Watch I agree
@navenjohn5159
Жыл бұрын
@@Pack_Watch sigma pfp 💀
@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701
Жыл бұрын
Sarcasm isn’t cool
Her and the woman that does Siri need to do a versus battle! 🤣🤣
@K4Kezza
Жыл бұрын
Gotta bring in Glados voice actor too
@JohnDoe-id5ih
Жыл бұрын
And the dude from Loquendo
@starlight_maven
Жыл бұрын
And Alexa will watch from the sidelines!
@JustnVids
Жыл бұрын
@@starlight_maven ayeeeee!!!!! Good one!!!! 😂😂😂
@MrAwesomedude808
Жыл бұрын
Add Cortana’s voice (the windows assistant) to it and you got a deal!
That text to speech is so annoying but honestly she doesn’t sound as annoying as I thought. I feel like we can talk for hours now!
@bigislander72
Жыл бұрын
Inflection based on subject matter and mood means so much. A sentence with the exact same words can have very different meanings. Only when she does it trying to imitate the tik tok one does it sound weird and robotic. Her regular speaking voice has the normal inflections. Subtle difference but it means so much.
@Porataa
Жыл бұрын
No its very annoying. It’s racist how they chose a white woman.. 😕
@geraldspoonsman8411
Жыл бұрын
This tells me to never ever do voice acting for a text-to-speach voice
A voice for radio AND a face for the internet! A winning combo 😂
@lmaoooo8764
Жыл бұрын
Sad thing is she’s notice for tiktoks 😅
Why would people pay her on cameo when they can just use her voice for free
@littledudefromacrossthestr5755
Жыл бұрын
Support her bro
@kba
Жыл бұрын
I guess to make her say more 'human' things that would confuse people and go viral
@Heyymynameisjbells
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha this comment
@RHTQ1
Жыл бұрын
Im sure the digital version can't pronounce everything
@grousewithakeyboard
Жыл бұрын
@@RHTQ1 I’ve heard it mispronounce a lot of stuff
Voice acting is such a hard buisness to break into. Shes amazing!
@GranDio311
Жыл бұрын
How much do you think the Chinese paid her?
@damn.6851
Жыл бұрын
@@GranDio311 you’re too deep down the rabbit hole joe I think you need a break
@CarolinDnB
Жыл бұрын
@@damn.6851 ☠lil bro
@GranDio311
Жыл бұрын
@@damn.6851 oh so the Chinese aren't data mining through the app?
@happyhamster9469
Жыл бұрын
It's ai generated dude
Kat has the perfect voice for both radio and TikTok!
@ChrisAndCats
5 ай бұрын
The woman can't even say naughty. She says noddy instead.
It's fascinating that you hear your voice over a million times and you can hear your own voice saying words that you didn't even say because of the text-to-speech technology.
@Iambestforreal
Жыл бұрын
and also can hear your voice saying some really messed stuff that she clearly didnt say
her actual voice is so much better than the tiktok one, they did her dirty i thought i was going to have sharp pains in my ears listening to her talk but no
@nooblishcat5394
Жыл бұрын
fr
@H8nji
Жыл бұрын
Its on purpose, to grab attention and to maximize engagement. Everything around you is marketing.
@undrtakr900
Жыл бұрын
@@H8nji Good observation, the voice decision makes so much more sense now.
@yungmuney5903
Жыл бұрын
@@H8nji it did the exact opposite for me but okay.
@H8nji
Жыл бұрын
@@yungmuney5903 But it’s distinct and not in the uncanny valley. It resembles a “California girl,” an archetype which is easily distinguishable. For many foreign viewers in nations which recently received broadband internet, this is a voice which is easily recognizable and seen as a hallmark of western culture, specifically pop culture. People often fail to factor in foreign appeal, among other things. Once you take on the mindset that entities around you act in an intelligent and calculated fashion, a whole new dimension opens up.
How the hell isn’t it a robot?! How can she voice something that hasn’t even been made?
@4DChess
Жыл бұрын
Poor girl works around the clock voicing every TikTok on demand
@gracey3269
Жыл бұрын
She pre records many words/phrases and the system takes the words and puts together the sentence you type in.
@neekimanashinanalternative5218
Жыл бұрын
@@gracey3269 that's literally impossible
@knoobiez
Жыл бұрын
@@neekimanashinanalternative5218 no
@oSamiSrzo
Жыл бұрын
@@neekimanashinanalternative5218 no, thats literally how they do it.. she came into the office to say the alphabet, and read certain phrases that use all the vowels and thats it.. the computer does the rest to generate the words you type in.
She is one of the most famous voices in the history of mankind.
@YamiSamslayin
Жыл бұрын
Next to Siri
@inlinechris
Жыл бұрын
History of mankind? Really? It’s tik tok lmao only a small percentage of the world population recognizes this voice
@harsharya545
Жыл бұрын
@@inlinechris more than ever before
@kexarifr
Жыл бұрын
@@inlinechris it isnt only tiktok tho?
@BigSmoke-qn1oy
Жыл бұрын
@@inlinechris i think you should go outside for now
I am actually one of those people who hates the voice, but it has nothing to do with her. It has everything to do with the fact that whoever is using it really thinks they’re doin’ something, and most of the time it’s not funny or cool. She seems really nice and I really enjoy her voice when she’s just speaking naturally! 😂
@amber619pop
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I find hearing The Tick Tock voice say that Tick Tock is annoying or "in bad taste" very pleasant. I'm also glad that my phone still spells tick tock the original/correct way when I speak.
@kittencutie7074
Жыл бұрын
I hate it cos the intonation is off and being text to speech it's like so cheery and weird like "hAAhaaHAAhAhA your dog died" and it's cringe but like that's how text to speech is, I don't blame it on her. She is just providing voice samples and she don't even know the technical aspect
@CrestfallenChameleon
Жыл бұрын
I had the exact same reaction!
I live here in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and love listening to 91.5 the beat. She is the DJ for the radio station and she is very well known in our community. I have met her and she has visited my high school and many other schools a few years back and has done live radio broadcasts. She is a great person and I’m happy for her. I knew I recognized that voice!
@iloveraquel
Жыл бұрын
i have family in kitchener! rn i’m here visiting family, but that’s so cool!
@Joshua-zj8gm
Жыл бұрын
Dang I live in waterloo/Kitchener as well. I've never heard of her tho...
@CuteSealYHM
Жыл бұрын
I live in Hamilton so I will try tuning into that station next time 😂😂😂
@BoredCapturer
Жыл бұрын
@@Joshua-zj8gm same
@rohitsriram2175
Жыл бұрын
kitchener is the goofiest name for a place i have seen in a while
So she’s the queen of TikTok basically. Everywhere is her voice lol. She’s very adorable honestly, and very pretty. I didn’t even know this was a real person’s voice! It’s just… unusual (in a cool way). Edit : POV, when 6 your olds spam your comment section 😭
@birbyy
Жыл бұрын
j
@rgliquifyy3840
Жыл бұрын
j
@raymondjakku6429
Жыл бұрын
j
@Vendzor
Жыл бұрын
@@marinaSassygUrl88 j
@user-ww7pn7qq7x
Жыл бұрын
j
Hearing her voice at work non stop from other people’s phones helped me go insane.., along with the annoying songs TikTok has.
Hearing her like this, like without any pauses or mismatched pitch etc. is just to trippy for the mind😵
this makes me feel less weird about the tiktok voice knowing its an actual lady who seems cool
I think her voice itself is fine, it's just the way she pronounces certain words that makes me wanna blow my ears out.
@amber619pop
Жыл бұрын
The voiceover: "WWehn. You. Rush. to. Skéwl aND. REELise. It's. the!!. Weekend. HAH. Hã. hä. ±HĄ HÅ. HÆ." Me: 😐 I miss the days when tiktok videos didn't show up on KZread automatically. If they didn't I would literally _never_ have to hear this annoying thing repeatedly.
@aff77141
Жыл бұрын
Part of that is the machines fault, like how siri can't pronounce a lot of things correctly and does so very stiffly
I forgot how trippy it was hearing a voiceover voice come out of the actors mouth. I haven’t heard it in a while and man it messes with me every time.
"you're probably sick of my voice!" bingo.
@cm30256
7 ай бұрын
Couldn't be sicker of it if I wanted to be
Wow. She’s even beautiful in real life.
It is a computer tho. It's her own voice but a computer makes it so you can type whatever and itll synthesize the voice
@ibubbathebeastibubbathebea7009
Жыл бұрын
So you’re telling me she’s the voiceover on the pornhub add
@hiyorioh
Жыл бұрын
Duh lol
@edgarh252
Жыл бұрын
Well obviously. Did you think she spoke thousands of sentence’s on command 😂
@RuanAntunes7
Жыл бұрын
Wow! What a genius 👏👏👏👏
Heard that voice so many times cool to see the person behind the voice
I’m a VO artist as well and it is an uncanny feeling to randomly hear your own voice unexpectedly. (Not that I’ve had her success lol).
I love her voice in tik toc! Never knew it was a real person. So cool
@nctsgrass
Жыл бұрын
All text to speech voices come from real people! If there's one fully AI generated, you'd immediately know it by how uncanny, robotic it sounds.
@creamley1851
Жыл бұрын
its extremely annoying
@vex_13
Жыл бұрын
@@creamley1851 tbf its become annoying because people used it so many times for their cringy videos. Not her fault.
@creamley1851
Жыл бұрын
@@vex_13 ik but its just something about the unnatural tone that triggers the part of my brain that makes me wanna slam my fist through drywall
@Gloomyraindrop
Жыл бұрын
@@vex_13 It's not the overuse of it, it's the obnoxious fake robot pep of the voice that annoys people.
Thank you for showing her name and face. I can now take out 2 years worth of rage against her
@CatBC2009
Жыл бұрын
Bro didn't watch the full video and didn't understood it.
@mystery4561
Жыл бұрын
What's the point of that?
@hackman3
Жыл бұрын
Bro 😆🤣 I thought maybe she will hide her identity. 🤣😆
@justanothermortal1373
Жыл бұрын
@@CatBC2009 the voice-over is really annoying
@weak7657
Жыл бұрын
@@justanothermortal1373 then don’t listen to it
I don't have TikTok, will never have TikTok... but her voice has been used tonnes on KZread.. i wish there was ASMR with her voice... it's soothing😊
I love her voice! Imagine her recording a happy version, a sad version, and so-on?
@amber619pop
Жыл бұрын
I would download the Depressed Tik Tok voice pack in a heartbeat (if I actually used Tik tok)
@versatileduplicity9313
Жыл бұрын
Shut up
I love it I think she's perfect you cannot get better on some videos I've seen with her voice in the background it's just so like generic and perfect I have a northern main accent so she doesn't have that strong of an accent to me I'm about 15 miles from Canada
Her voice is the lemon juice to my ears
@jessica3218
Жыл бұрын
Her voice is annoying asf
@blackeneddove
Жыл бұрын
I love lemon juice! (But hate her voice 😅😂🤷🏽♀️)
She has a very beautiful smile.
@sleepyjo9340
Жыл бұрын
Thanks babe
Finally here she is I always wondered
NGL she has a pretty cool story to tell the grandkids.
Awe she seems so nice and wholesome.
TC Newman, finally we get to see the person behind your voice. The voice sounded so familiar yet your face so new I didn’t catch up on it until almost at the end of the video
And now her voice is also a whole entire voice filter on TikTok
I've heard my voice over the radio every day for 2 years. I can't stand the sound of my own voice!
@himaririku5289
Жыл бұрын
r u a dj
@johnryan1798
Жыл бұрын
@@himaririku5289 Not a DJ. Just someone who worked at the local hospital who who gave the "Hospital Report" every morning on the radio. I would call in the station to give the daily summery of how many patients were treated and released in the ER, how many babies were delivered, how many were admitted overnight. Ect... This was back in the early 90's and they would broadcast it with the local news 3 times a day. And I cringed everytime I would hear myself come on.
@TehDawg
Жыл бұрын
@@himaririku5289 not everyone on the radio is a DJ. Even radio “dj’s” aren’t “djs”.
It's good to finally see the face behind the voice.
I've heard this lady's voice on soooo many adverts!!!
That will be a good insult "Shut up your mom's the TikTok voice💀 "
I want to see her have a conversation with the Siri women and the AOL you got mail guy.
@JustnVids
Жыл бұрын
RIGHT!!!
@Kay0Bot
Жыл бұрын
💯
@amber619pop
Жыл бұрын
Do you remember the time when you couldnt have connected to the internet unless you had a disc that came in a paper sleeve along with a magazine wrapped in plastic with "minutes" or "hours" on it?
A lot of people hear this voice more often than they’re family and friends voices.
@amber619pop
Жыл бұрын
... and that's incredibly sad 😔
This woman won the award for driving the most people crazy.
I gotta say at first i hated that voice, but now ive gotten used to it and grown to love it
I’ll be honest. I hate it less knowing it’s a real person.
@emmab8600
Жыл бұрын
Really? I hate it more. She's super annoying and should get her vocal chords removed 😂
This brings me so much joy.
THE VOICE OF A GENERATION
@dextersamson8286
Жыл бұрын
Not something to brag about
@kenzoman4149
Жыл бұрын
@@dextersamson8286 why wtf
@dextersamson8286
Жыл бұрын
@Kenzo Man This generation is the softest, mentally ill, dumbest generation in history. Your response to me is telling proof.
@kenzoman4149
Жыл бұрын
Ok weirdo since you said It ima Believe you
@SAHarry
Жыл бұрын
🤢
Finally the answer we've been waiting for
Bro imagine her scrolling on tiktok and hearing her voice so many times
She's basically this generation's version of Elwood Edwards (The "You've got mail" guy)
I honestly hated it at first, but over time her voice just completed the vibe of certain videos. It also adds a good level of humor to some shitposts and Ive learned to enjoy it lmao
The voice of the century
Wow! I can’t believe every time someone makes TikTok do a voiceover she has to go record it really fast. What a legend!
i listen to her everyday on the radio.. how do I not notice this...
This is insane! I totally thought it was a robot
divine voice ❤❤❤
Thanks a lot lady. This automated voice trend for videos will never die, apparently.
I loved that the voice is real and not something made up like a vocaloid technology (although the processing work after sampling Callaghan's voice is similar in order to translate most text to speech).
Legendary!
Damn she is beautiful
Glad to meet her
Best voice-over gig ever!
That’s incredible
How in the world is this not a computer?? Lol pretty cool talent
@nctsgrass
Жыл бұрын
Because all text to speech voices come from humans! Computer tech isn't advanced enough to make an AI generated voice that sounds natural.
The Car ad ones get me every time, especially the lexus one lol
Crazy to think this girl works around the clock to voice every Tik Tok... Astonishing!
She's highly gorgeous. 😘😍 Her voice sounds beautiful. 💕💞
@ImaginaryAsh
5 ай бұрын
Annoying AF
Boy she's got a face for tv and a voice for radio
She’s the morning radio host of my local radio station 91.5 the beat😂
Wow! I can finally like her now. Dang! That changed in an instant.
I absolutely love her voice
Ok but am I the only one who loves her voice
@Arkensius1157
Жыл бұрын
I also like her voice
@uncrustable9923
Жыл бұрын
yes, you're the only one.
@invisible8741
Жыл бұрын
I hope you’re the only one
@funnyclips4550
Жыл бұрын
I like her voice
@nowshipping
Жыл бұрын
You and two others.
So awesome. so cool to know she's a Text to speech voice. can't believe it.
This is a very good face reveal. One I didn't realize I needed to see also
Grew up listening to her on 103.5 Scott and Kat show !
Omg I love this hahaha. And I love how enthusiastic the TikTok voice is
For a minute there, I didn't believe it was actually her. Until, she actually slowed down her speech and that's where I instantly realized that it was her.
@supersisters0517
Жыл бұрын
God bless you :) God placed in me to message you and say keep going, he’s with you! If you’re struggling with anything bring it to Jesus, and he will give you rest💙 (1 Peter 5:7) can help with this :) If you haven’t spend time with Jesus and experience his love for you✨He wants you to come to him! Seek Jesus today! Receive Jesus as your Lord + Savior :) Romans 10:9 is amazing for accepting Jesus… Believe in you’re heart and confess with your mouth✨accept Him into your life☺️Do good to others and in general, God bless 😊He loves you, never doubt it! He wants you to seek him :)
Super dope. Good for her 🤘
My head hurt when this voice comes out
Man text to speak is getting really good
No wayyyyyy. I thought that it was a robot!😆An automatic voice, you know
I want to chop my ears off every time I hear the robotic Tik Tok voice. But after seeing this she seems like a chill and self-aware person. Maybe I don’t dislike the voice as much anymore.
"I'm sick of my voice" that got existential really quick.
TikTok better pay her good.
Imagine going on tiktok and hearing your mom’s voice
I remember when they switched the main TT voice to this girl and people were furious, about a month later everyone used it
She has such a pretty voice!
Can you imagine having the most famous voice in the world basically
Жыл бұрын
Calm down
Girl speaks all kinds of Languages in the world 😅❤️🇺🇬
So after many years of not finding out who does the famous voice-over of tiktok now we know
The voice of the annoying KZread tiktok ads, I was just saying the other day I hate those damn ads lol 😂
If the word "Cringe" were a human.
@alexchristina6368
Жыл бұрын
Yeah ikr she’s so embarrassing 🤢
No Way!!!!......That's amazing.
Siri is also a person. Several voice actors actually, they’ve changed the actor a few times.
She might have a robotic like voice, but she's very beautiful
This is the first time I’ve ever seen TC Newman on camera. She’s pretty, but that’s not how I was picturing her.