objectinspace, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 It suffers from the same flaw all of these "modern" sample-based TTS's do which that it reads a sentence that ends with a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point all the same way. I'll grab the addon just to have it but it's not gonna be my daily driver.

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 do you know to what degree they left automatic language detection in? Do we still have unicode-based switching that you can see?

KaraLG84, 20 days ago

@zersiax Yep, there's an option for it in the synth settings ring.

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 how'd you get the preview? Is it hanging out somewhere or did they email you in particular?

KaraLG84, 20 days ago

@zersiax there's a link to it in this message.
https://groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/6830

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 lol what is the difference between enhanced quality and highest quality? Have you found out?

KaraLG84, 20 days ago

@zersiax I have no idea. Also what's ML? Multi-language?

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 I think machine learning, actually.

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 but could also be multilingual, like ...speaks english and target language. No idea.

KaraLG84, 20 days ago

@zersiax I think you're right on the machine learning, maybe. there's an ML version of Claire.

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 ugh I wish they'd toss Claire and Xander in the garbage finally ...they sound incredibly, incredibly posh. Nobody speaks like that :P

KaraLG84, 20 days ago

@zersiax To me claire sounds like something you'd hear over a train station's pA or something like that,

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 its more like a lady that would constantly be telling you how her rich, influential father keeps buying her yachts. Like ...it works, it's serviceable, but yuck...

KaraLG84, 20 days ago

@zersiax What accent does Microsoft's Frank have? It's like the strongest Dutch accent I've ever heard.

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 yeah that is an interesting mix of things but I'd say far more common Dutch, he's just so ...bouncy :) and then there's the Dutch siri voice who almost sounds little Amsterdam-grown-up first generation Dutch which I actually kinda like listening to, it ennunciates very clearly

zersiax, 20 days ago

@KaraLG84 that's good at least :)