return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAudible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobookswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareAnamnesis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoSure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoThey still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoFair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day 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-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoJust tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIn 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
minus-squarethiseggowaffles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day agoSpeechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.
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.
Fair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.
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.
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