return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoAudible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobookswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down115cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldbooks@lemmy.worldbooks@lemmy.mlaudiobooks@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareBig_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·14 hours 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-up4·11 hours agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
minus-squarethiseggowaffles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 minutes agoSpeechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 hours agoSure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoJust tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 hours agoThey still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours 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.
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.
Just tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
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.
No