Selected Reports
Three reports selected from the Japanese archive: the struggle to speak as a performance problem, localization as a workflow of decisions, and the people who evaluate Japanese speech.
These are edited English versions, not a complete translation of the site. They preserve the original observation dates and distinguish research findings, provider statements, historical recruitment descriptions, and the editor's proposals. An English publication date does not turn an older observation into a current survey.
既存レポートから選んだ英語版。日本語の原稿もそのまま残しています。
Can TTS Perform the Struggle to Speak?
A character tries to finish a sentence, holds back tears, loses the breath, and tries again. The question is not just whether the voice sounds sad, but whether its changes carry an action through time.
From AI Dubbing to Localization Engineering
Generating a voice and delivering a localized work are different tasks. What gets processed, what gets judged, who approves the result, and where does a failed choice return?
Whose Ears Evaluate AI-Generated Japanese?
Recording a voice, labeling speech, rating a dub, and defining acceptable quality are not the same job. Public recruitment descriptions show different places for human judgment within voice AI.
Further reading
Speech, Dubbing, and Representation in the Age of AI is a separate series of personal research notes on utterance, embodiment, representation, and what should survive localization.
English editions published 11 October 2026. Text-only, independent research and editorial analysis. Written and edited by the LAYER SHIFT editor; published by Ausreißer Verlag.