Speechify is probably the best option.
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Anamnesis@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
thiseggowaffles@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
knightly@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
No
venusaur@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
They still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
venusaur@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
venusaur@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.