alt Hacker NewsI don't understand the comments here at all. I played the audio and it sounds absolutely horrible, far worse than computer voices sounded fifteen years ago. Not even the most feeble minded person would mistake that as a human. Am I not hearing the same thing everyone else is hearing? It sounds straight up corrupted to me. Tested in different browsers, no difference.
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Yes, if this selected piece is the best that was available to be used as a showcase, it's immediately off putting in distortion and mangling of pronunciation.
same here, tried few different voices including my kids and my own, the generated audio is not similar at all, it's not even a proper voice
Thank you, I was scrolling and scrolling in utter disbelief. It sounds absolutely dreadful. Would drive me nuts to listen to for more than a minute.
As I said, some reference voices can lead to bad voice quality. But if it sounds that bad, it’s probably not it. Would love to dig into it if you want