@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 23 days agoAudible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobookswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down10cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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minus-square@Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish73•23 days 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.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•22 days agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
minus-square@venusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•22 days agoSure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
minus-square@Landless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•22 days agoJust tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
minus-square@venusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•22 days agoIn 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
minus-square@thiseggowaffles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-222 days 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?
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.