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Audio examples are available here: https://aws.amazon.com/polly/ https://aws.amazon.com/polly/

Mizza 10y ago
They don't sound great to me. I was hoping to build a service around this, but hearing the quality there.. meh. Cheaper to use `say`. It'd be tolerable to hear a voice-interface with this, but it'd be maddening to try to listen to a book this way.
- beagle3 10y ago
  Check the license on 'say' before you use it commercially. There are restrictions.
  - alblue 10y ago
    Do you have a reference to the restrictions of what is prodced by "say"? Just because a tool may be GPL does not mean that its product need be (c.f. gcc)
    - beagle3 10y ago
      From Page 2 of http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1012.pdf http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1012.pdf : > F. Voices. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may use the system voices included in the Apple Software (“System Voices”) (i) while running the Apple Software and (ii) to create your own original content and projects for your personal, non-commercial use. No other use of the System Voices is permitted by this License, including but not limited to the use, reproduction, display, performance, recording, publishing or redistribution of any of the System Voices in a profit, non-profit, public sharing or commercial context. Which truly sucks, because they don't even give you the option to pay for such use.
- josho 10y ago
  You must not care about the english voices then, as the result from 'say' is terrible compared to the amazon male or female english voice.
personlurking 10y ago
I noticed the Brazilian Portuguese voice examples have URLs with the word "hola" (Spanish), and the text starts with Olá (more formal, used in Portugal, whereas Brazilians prefer the informal Oi). https://d0.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/Polly/pt_br_vitoria-hola.mp3 https://d0.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/Polly/pt_br_vitor... Unfortunately, I agree with Mizza regarding the quality.
TheAceOfHearts 10y ago
Native Spanish speaker here. Is it just me or is the Spanish recording much worse than the English one? I don't speak any of the other languages to make a fair comparison.
- personlurking 10y ago
  Not a native Portuguese speaker, but I'm fluent in the language and have lived in Brazil. The BR-PT is also worse than the English version.
- mercer 10y ago
  Dutch is also significantly worse than English.

Mizza 10y ago

They don't sound great to me. I was hoping to build a service around this, but hearing the quality there.. meh. Cheaper to use `say`. It'd be tolerable to hear a voice-interface with this, but it'd be maddening to try to listen to a book this way.

beagle3 10y ago
Check the license on 'say' before you use it commercially. There are restrictions.
- alblue 10y ago
  Do you have a reference to the restrictions of what is prodced by "say"? Just because a tool may be GPL does not mean that its product need be (c.f. gcc)
  - beagle3 10y ago
    From Page 2 of http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1012.pdf http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1012.pdf : > F. Voices. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may use the system voices included in the Apple Software (“System Voices”) (i) while running the Apple Software and (ii) to create your own original content and projects for your personal, non-commercial use. No other use of the System Voices is permitted by this License, including but not limited to the use, reproduction, display, performance, recording, publishing or redistribution of any of the System Voices in a profit, non-profit, public sharing or commercial context. Which truly sucks, because they don't even give you the option to pay for such use.
josho 10y ago
You must not care about the english voices then, as the result from 'say' is terrible compared to the amazon male or female english voice.

personlurking 10y ago

I noticed the Brazilian Portuguese voice examples have URLs with the word "hola" (Spanish), and the text starts with Olá (more formal, used in Portugal, whereas Brazilians prefer the informal Oi). https://d0.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/Polly/pt_br_vitoria-hola.mp3 https://d0.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/Polly/pt_br_vitor... Unfortunately, I agree with Mizza regarding the quality.

TheAceOfHearts 10y ago

Native Spanish speaker here. Is it just me or is the Spanish recording much worse than the English one? I don't speak any of the other languages to make a fair comparison.

personlurking 10y ago
Not a native Portuguese speaker, but I'm fluent in the language and have lived in Brazil. The BR-PT is also worse than the English version.
mercer 10y ago
Dutch is also significantly worse than English.