return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAudible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobookswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down119cross-posted to: books@lemmy.worldbooks@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareAnamnesis@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoSure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoThey still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month 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-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoFair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoJust tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIn 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
minus-squarethiseggowaffles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month 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.
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