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minus-squareAnamnesis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoAre there any good ones nowadays that don’t sound like a robot?
minus-squarethiseggowaffles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 hours agoSpeechify is probably the best option for this particular usecase.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·14 hours agoSure there are. ElevenLabs is one. You can probably tell they’re not human but they’re really decent.
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoJust tried it. Still a machine buy much better than default TTS.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoIn 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 hours agoThey still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoFair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 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.
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.
In 10 years it’s probably gonna be really impressive.
They still don’t understand the context of what they’re reading though so they can’t apply tone correctly.
Fair. Definitely some awkward phrasing, but it’ll get better.
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