Comment on Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks

Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Anamnesis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Are there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?

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  • venusaur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.

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      • ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        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.

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      • venusaur@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Fair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.

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    • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Just tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.

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      • venusaur@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        In 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.

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  • thiseggowaffles@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Speechify is probably the best option.

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  • knightly@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No

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