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people who lose their voice could basically talk again through text to speech as long as they have previous recordings or themselves I worked with someone who

people who lose their voice could basically talk again through text to speech as long as they have previous recordings or themselves I worked with someone who used a Stephen Hawking style voice application for a while. Its really weird having a conversation with someone like that. There's a delay between everything people say. It's a lot like using IRC on a really laggy connection. I quite enjoyed talking to him because everyone had time to think between while he 'typed'. The point is though, even if the sound his app used was a perfect recreation of his own voice it wouldn't be like talking again. It's a different experience.

EZ-Cheeze 4y ago
It's interesting to explore the possibility space of communication, isn't it? We all use just a handful of communication modes, but so many more are possible. Here's an old idea of mine as an example: "Hands-only interface between two anonymous strangers who cannot hear or see each other, only touch and optionally see each other's hands. The elimination of usual communication channels like speech, facial expressions and body language makes this a novel way of interaction." If the participants don't know any predefined sign languages, what kind of information or emotion could they convey to each other? I look forward to extended reality and AI opening up a lot of the possibility space of wholly new communication modes.
- sockfightturnip 4y ago
  That idea featured briefly in the novel The Light of Other Days. Definitely worth a read.
  - bsenftner 4y ago
    That's quite the distant hook promoting what, I feel, is one of the more provocative novels ever written. It is a seminal book that should have more recognition.
  - spdustin 4y ago
    A criminally under-read book. I’ve recommended it to so many people.
  - EZ-Cheeze 4y ago
    I will read it, looks super interesting!!
deepakg 4y ago
Had come across this talk a while ago. https://www.ted.com/speakers/rupal_patel https://www.ted.com/speakers/rupal_patel Not sure what became of vocalid.org but would’ve benefited immensely from these advances. Edit: looks like it lives on as vocalid.ai
v-yadli 4y ago
Neuralink?

EZ-Cheeze 4y ago

It's interesting to explore the possibility space of communication, isn't it? We all use just a handful of communication modes, but so many more are possible. Here's an old idea of mine as an example: "Hands-only interface between two anonymous strangers who cannot hear or see each other, only touch and optionally see each other's hands. The elimination of usual communication channels like speech, facial expressions and body language makes this a novel way of interaction." If the participants don't know any predefined sign languages, what kind of information or emotion could they convey to each other? I look forward to extended reality and AI opening up a lot of the possibility space of wholly new communication modes.

sockfightturnip 4y ago
That idea featured briefly in the novel The Light of Other Days. Definitely worth a read.
- bsenftner 4y ago
  That's quite the distant hook promoting what, I feel, is one of the more provocative novels ever written. It is a seminal book that should have more recognition.
- spdustin 4y ago
  A criminally under-read book. I’ve recommended it to so many people.
- EZ-Cheeze 4y ago
  I will read it, looks super interesting!!

deepakg 4y ago

Had come across this talk a while ago. https://www.ted.com/speakers/rupal_patel https://www.ted.com/speakers/rupal_patel Not sure what became of vocalid.org but would’ve benefited immensely from these advances. Edit: looks like it lives on as vocalid.ai

v-yadli 4y ago

Neuralink?