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I agree. All I care about is that the pronunciation is contextually correct, and smooth. Accents are fine, and necessary. But I don't want a non-human simulatin

by teilo 6y ago

I agree. All I care about is that the pronunciation is contextually correct, and smooth. Accents are fine, and necessary. But I don't want a non-human simulating human emotions. Now if they aren't simulated, that's another story...

jandrese 6y ago
Honestly, how do you expect to advance if you don't like Genuine People Personalities®? Who wouldn't want a door that is eternally cheerful about opening up for you? Or a paranoid android?
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  The paranoid android, that's who wouldn't like a paranoid android. Particularly, wouldn't like being one.
mwcampbell 6y ago
+1. And I know I'm in the minority here, but I prefer it if computers don't use actual human voices at all. I like my computer to sound like a computer. (I wouldn't go so far as to add distracting retro affectations though.) I'm visually impaired, and I often use a screen reader when browsing the web. Here's my favorite voice to use with a screen reader: https://mwcampbell.us/tmp/hn-comment-20200515-1.mp3 https://mwcampbell.us/tmp/hn-comment-20200515-1.mp3
- freediver 6y ago
  Wow that is profound. Sounds a bit like when listening to podcasts at 2x speed.
- specialist 6y ago
  That's amazing. Thank you for sharing. I could not comprehend that. I tried a few times. IIRC, people can learn to "speed hear". Make me think of the Star Trek TNG Bynars meets the FEDEX speed talker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11001001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11001001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1o2wg5wqko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1o2wg5wqko
  - mwcampbell 6y ago
    I only run my TTS moderately fast. I have blind friends who run it faster. I have some vision, so I only use a screen reader part of the time, and not for programming. Also, I think speech synthesizers can do a more consistent job of enunciating at high speed than humans can. I didn't quite understand everything the FedEx speed talker was saying.

by teilo 6y ago

jandrese 6y ago

Honestly, how do you expect to advance if you don't like Genuine People Personalities®? Who wouldn't want a door that is eternally cheerful about opening up for you? Or a paranoid android?

AnimalMuppet 6y ago
The paranoid android, that's who wouldn't like a paranoid android. Particularly, wouldn't like being one.

mwcampbell 6y ago

+1. And I know I'm in the minority here, but I prefer it if computers don't use actual human voices at all. I like my computer to sound like a computer. (I wouldn't go so far as to add distracting retro affectations though.) I'm visually impaired, and I often use a screen reader when browsing the web. Here's my favorite voice to use with a screen reader: https://mwcampbell.us/tmp/hn-comment-20200515-1.mp3 https://mwcampbell.us/tmp/hn-comment-20200515-1.mp3

freediver 6y ago
Wow that is profound. Sounds a bit like when listening to podcasts at 2x speed.
specialist 6y ago
That's amazing. Thank you for sharing. I could not comprehend that. I tried a few times. IIRC, people can learn to "speed hear". Make me think of the Star Trek TNG Bynars meets the FEDEX speed talker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11001001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11001001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1o2wg5wqko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1o2wg5wqko
- mwcampbell 6y ago
  I only run my TTS moderately fast. I have blind friends who run it faster. I have some vision, so I only use a screen reader part of the time, and not for programming. Also, I think speech synthesizers can do a more consistent job of enunciating at high speed than humans can. I didn't quite understand everything the FedEx speed talker was saying.