The Bram Archive – Dispatch No. 17 (Text Only)
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THE BRAM ARCHIVE
Dispatch No. 17
Circulated with Compelled Transparency
ARCHIVE CLASS: NARRATIVE PROTOCOL / TIER 2 DISCLOSURE
FILE CODE: VOX-REG/U17/SYNTH-CERT
RECORD TYPE: Reproduced Institutional Statement
SOURCE: Unified Distribution Oversight Authority (U.D.O.A.)
DATE RECEIVED: Aftervoice Year 5, Segment 7
VERIFICATION STATUS: Seal present but unstable
NOTE: The following document was obtained during a routine crawl of publicly compliant narrative pipelines. It has been retained in its received condition. No editorial actions have been applied.
AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
An Official Statement from the Unified Distribution Oversight Authority
(U.D.O.A. | Est. Post-Bias Era Year 12)
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After careful consideration and evolving industry standards, we are thrilled to offer limited support for AI-assisted narration.
Effective immediately, creators may submit titles narrated via approved synthetic voice tools—provided they meet our Quality, Compassion, and Compliance (QCC) framework. All voices must pass a 4-point Authenticity Audit to ensure they:
Emote within acceptable human thresholds.
Avoid tone patterns associated with “uncanny or excessive empathy.”
Include at least one breath, sigh, or whisper per 400 words to simulate sentience.
Refrain from speaking during legal disclaimers.
We remain committed to preserving the illusion of artistic integrity. Any AI-narrated work must be performed with the appearance of reluctant genius, as outlined in our new creator posture guide, *Faking It Forward.*
To prevent market distortion, authors using synthetic voices must now register their narrator as a Certified Artistic Simulacrum (CAS™) and submit a Compassion Trace Report (CTR) every fiscal quarter. Reports should include:
One hand-edited moment of vocal quiver.
A timestamped pause that implies self-reflection.
Evidence that the author “wanted to read it themselves, but couldn't, emotionally.”
Please note: works previously removed for “artificial narration” are eligible for retroactive reinstatement—pending apology.
We appreciate your patience as we harmonize ethics with expansion. The synthetic may now speak, so long as it sounds sufficiently wounded.
With curated authenticity,
– U.D.O.A. Board of Narrative Regulation
Seal generated via official tools. Spelling fidelity under review.
SEAL: CAS VERIFIED – VOICEPRINT ID 217-BETA
CLASSIFICATION: Voice Compliance | Meta-Ethics | Narrative Simulacra