return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAudible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobookswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareBig_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-squareAnamnesis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
minus-squarethiseggowaffles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoSpeechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThey still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months agoJust tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIn 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
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?
Speechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.
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.
Just tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
In 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
No