@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoAudible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobookswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square@Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 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-square@Anamnesis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
minus-square@venusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoSure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
minus-square@Landless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoJust tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
minus-square@venusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoIn 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
minus-square@thiseggowaffles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-211 months agoSpeechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.
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?
No
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.
In 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
Speechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.