How science is giving voice to mummies such as Ötzi the Iceman

Technically it will be possible at some point but there's also the legal/ethical considerations. Robin Williams went out of his way to make sure his likeness couldn't be used after his death ( https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/31/robin-williams-... )

We might be able to bring back great actors from the dead, but would they want it? Would that matter? Probably a lot of their estates would jump at the chance for extra money.

Peter Jones, Michael Horden, Richard Burton, Richard Vernon, James Mason, Terry Thomas...

and Kenneth Williams too

All voices I would love to hear, and talk with.

We don't have their larynx's to scan, to physically model, but surely there should be enough recording of their voice to model them, for s speech synthesiser?

I recollect someone saying if they had more recording of Stephen Hawking's voice they would have been able to use it in his speech synthesiser.

Which raises another question, who owns a voice?

First, your way of writing will be imitated.

Then, the words will be matched to your voice.

Then, the voice will be matched to a video of your likeness.

Then, a talking hologram of your likeness.

Maybe more could be follow, but at present my optimism is slightly deficient to envision it.

If the horrible plastic Audrey Hepburn in the chocolate advert was anything to go by, I sincerely hope not.