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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish73•3 days agoThis is dumb as hell… if I wanted AI to read a book poorly to me, I’d just use screen reading accessibility features.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•3 days agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•3 days agoSure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish8•3 days agoThey still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
minus-squaressillyssadasslinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 days agoFrom what I’ve been able to hear it’s not that bad. They’re pretty good at having a general tone. But they may fail when it comes to emotional tones, like anger or sadness. But for just reading a book aloud there shouldn’t be any issue.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoFair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 days agoJust tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 days agoIn 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-23 days agoSpeechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.
This is dumb as hell… if I wanted AI to read a book poorly to me, I’d just use screen reading accessibility features.
Are there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
Sure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
They still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
From what I’ve been able to hear it’s not that bad. They’re pretty good at having a general tone. But they may fail when it comes to emotional tones, like anger or sadness. But for just reading a book aloud there shouldn’t be any issue.
Fair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.
Just tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
In 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
Speechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.
No