Terms of Use
The Talking Pals are pretty useful - but PLEASE, read this before you go and mess with them!
First up: the things you CAN do. Make sure you read the entire terms of use.
Use them like any other UTAUloid.
Feel free to draw fanart and make covers.
Mess with their insides!!!!!!!!!! (Voicebank config edits!) (Some have really bad OTOs. Nebula can't say the S in Su.)
Grey Area Stuff!
Commercial use time! If you are a well known vocal synth producer - GO AHEAD! No permission needed! Just notify the one person running this site via email.
But, if you are a large soulless corporation, good luck trying to pay us to use the Talking Pal characters. If you do make very-high-quality plushies (bonus points if you can add sound modules!) and/or high-quality figurines, that's an exception.
Small businesses are exempt from this.
DO. NOT. I MEAN IT.
Do not redistribute the Talking Pal voicebanks. Instead, link to the Talking Pals page. (If the Talking Pals do get discontinued, go ahead and put them on archive.org!)
Do not use the voices of the Talking Pals for your own voicebank. If you see someone do this, please notify Sunny at sunny@zipzapproductions.com.
Don't make artificial intelligence (AI) voice clones of the Talking Pals, or put the artwork through AI image generators. This is theft! Only the people who voice their own ZTPs can make voice models of the characters they voice, and can only share said model(s) with the site owner. Otherwise, it's forbidden. The official Character bots break these rules voice-wise, but to be honest, i'd do ANYTHING to call Bebo Akapane at 3 am.
Do NOT use the Talking Pals for negativity of any kind - such as discrimination, hate, and politics (personal or for profit - any and all politics break the terms of use!). Do not let the Talking Pals get political in any way, shape, or form. (Fictional politics of the hometown of most of the ZTPs are fine. Go ahead and make [Talking Pal name] For President 2025! Make them talk about TAXES or something!)
No fetish art of any of the Talking Pal characters, please. Blobs cannot do that - to learn more, wait for the "Anatomy of a Blob" reading material to come out. Which is never.
No NSFW art of Stella, Marula, Stan, Pam, or Sunny please. (Most of them are too young. The other is based on a real person.)
If any of this happens - PLEASE NOTIFY US!!!
And remember: If Sunny sees, it's canon! (unless mentioned that it's not or it breaks the TOU)
And remember: If Sunny sees, it's canon! (unless mentioned that it's not or it breaks the TOU)