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I just listened to this AI generated audiobook and if it didn't say it was AI, I'd have thought it was human-made. It has different voices, dramatization, sound effects... The last I'd heard about this tech was a post saying Stephen Fry's voice was stolen and replicated by AI. But since then, nothing, even though it's clearly advanced incredibly fast. You'd expect more buzz for something that went from detectable as AI to indistinguishable from humans so quickly. How is it that no one is talking about AI generated audiobooks and their rapid improvement? This seems like a huge deal to me.

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[-] Bobo@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

I want TTS made better with AI so that I won't need huge audiobooks filling up my phone. The epubs that I already have would serve as audiobooks when needed.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

If your phone is rendering TTS on the fly that's probably going to be a drain on battery.

[-] Bobo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I have frequently used tts for listening to epubs. I have, however, not noticed much battery drain... And it's not as enjoyable as listening to an audiobook read by a narrator you like but it kind of works to a certain extent. So I wish you tts would get better.

[-] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] lud@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Text to speech.

this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
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