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Seriously? Compare Polly's English samples (particularly #2) in the original article with the Google's WaveNet samples: Polly 1: https://d0.awsstatic.com/produ

by SamBam 10y ago

Seriously? Compare Polly's English samples (particularly #2) in the original article with the Google's WaveNet samples: Polly 1: https://d0.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/Polly/HelloEnglish-Joanna.mp3 https://d0.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/Polly/HelloEnglis... Polly 2: https://d0.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/Polly/HelloEnglish-Joey.mp3 https://d0.awsstatic.com/product-marketing/Polly/HelloEnglis... WaveNet 1: https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/pixie/us-english/wavenet-1.wav https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/pixie/us-engli... WaveNet 2: https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/pixie/us-english/wavenet-2.wav https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/pixie/us-engli... There just isn't a comparison -- Polly sounds way more robotic.

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IshKebab 10y ago
Err you are agreeing with me. I meant WaveNet not DeepWave (sorry forgot the name).
- SamBam 10y ago
  I don't see how I'm agreeing with you when you said "This is way better than most TTS systems, including Google's." WaveNet is Google's, and I'm saying that this is significantly worse.