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Can you think of one good use for this product? No I'm not asking if you think you can you use this to make money, I'm asking do you personally want to sit thr

Can you think of one good use for this product? No I'm not asking if you think you can you use this to make money, I'm asking do you personally want to sit through a video of a robot telling you do things? Are we supposed to believe this is preferable to simply reading this or hearing recorded audio? This is flat out consumer hostility, basically telling your customers to talk to a sock puppet instead of a real person, I hope this fails, I would pay money to make this illegal.

cush 5y ago
I think their hook is it's only $3/min, which is pennies on the dollar compared to getting a real produced video. It's not useful yet though, because it's creepy.
drusepth 5y ago
I rely on reading lips for a good portion of my hearing comprehension. This might not be better than seeing an actual person speaking, but I'd VASTLY prefer this over hearing recorded audio. Reading is a separate beast, but for boring stuff that you just want to listen to instead of actively reading, I can see this being preferred also.
Mehdi2277 5y ago
The website includes a lot of examples. I think making it easier to create marketing videos (including advertisements, but also internal ones) is one use case. Another one outside marketing is making educational lecture videos is a lot of work even with speech pre-written. Often execution goes through several passes. If we continue in the direction of moocs/online education than making it easier for teachers to make videos is valuable. Multi language support they have is also big use case.
visarga 5y ago
Yes, interactive language exercises. Use it to create tailored dialogues, like the Pimsleur tapes.
- soldehierro 5y ago
  The TTS is fairly good, but it's still TTS. Imo, real native-speaker content is a must for any language program worth it's salt.
ctdonath 5y ago
Employment laws being overbearing, hiring a script reader may be practically illegal (“living wage”, mandatory health care, ... I just need some words read).

cush 5y ago

I think their hook is it's only $3/min, which is pennies on the dollar compared to getting a real produced video. It's not useful yet though, because it's creepy.

drusepth 5y ago

I rely on reading lips for a good portion of my hearing comprehension. This might not be better than seeing an actual person speaking, but I'd VASTLY prefer this over hearing recorded audio. Reading is a separate beast, but for boring stuff that you just want to listen to instead of actively reading, I can see this being preferred also.

Mehdi2277 5y ago

The website includes a lot of examples. I think making it easier to create marketing videos (including advertisements, but also internal ones) is one use case. Another one outside marketing is making educational lecture videos is a lot of work even with speech pre-written. Often execution goes through several passes. If we continue in the direction of moocs/online education than making it easier for teachers to make videos is valuable. Multi language support they have is also big use case.

visarga 5y ago

Yes, interactive language exercises. Use it to create tailored dialogues, like the Pimsleur tapes.

soldehierro 5y ago
The TTS is fairly good, but it's still TTS. Imo, real native-speaker content is a must for any language program worth it's salt.

ctdonath 5y ago

Employment laws being overbearing, hiring a script reader may be practically illegal (“living wage”, mandatory health care, ... I just need some words read).