The idea for WishClan was born a few years ago. During the centenary celebrations, recordings of singing choirs started to appear online. Everyone sang at home, in their own living room, and then someone put it all together into one piece.
That was when I saw how much work it takes to put such recordings together. You have to sync them, align them, even out the volume and join everything. I decided it could be done more simply, and that is why I built this app.
Once at work I saw “Sto lat” sung over Teams. It was lovely, because people were off key in their own way, but it was hard to listen to. The sound arrived at different times, everyone heard something different and the whole thing fell apart. It was uncomfortable.
People need naturalness and togetherness. It isn't about perfect singing, it's about doing something together. That is why WishClan doesn't use AI to create voices: all the recordings are real human voices. What matters is reality.
The project is by Jacek, a teacher, together with students.