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60 points by neelc 4y ago

valleyer 4y ago
This is remarkably good, both the (I assume) human-generated slides and text and the computer-generated voice. Here's the original, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM
- jraph 4y ago
  > This is remarkably good Yes. I knew one can't really trust a recording. Now, I Know. (hearing Steve Jobs voice giving a RMS speech was very entertaining)
emrah 4y ago
Except that's not how "executable" is pronounced. Is that how Steve Jobs really pronounced it?
- jraph 4y ago
  I didn't notice it for executable, but GNU is not pronounced correctly, and in an inconsistent manner.
- jl6 4y ago
  Mispronouncing occasional words is a very human thing (particularly technical words that an autodidact might have only seen written, not spoken), and I didn’t find it detracted from the authenticity of the speech.
- antibasilisk 4y ago
  Some people do pronounce it that way, using the 'exec' in 'executive' instead of the one in 'execution'
HopenHeyHi 4y ago
There surely is a painful lesson here to many neckbeards about persuasion.
- Simon_O_Rourke 4y ago
  There's a lot of painful lessons the neckbeards are unwilling to learn, persuasion is well down that list.
  - HopenHeyHi 4y ago
    Steve Wozniak: Where's your beard? Steve Jobs: In the bathroom sink. I shaved it off. Steve Wozniak: Well, how come? Steve Jobs: 'Cause banks don't like beards. -- His first TV appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDBiUemCSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDBiUemCSY Reportedly, Steve used to be a smelly bearded hippie.
- TuringTest 4y ago
  I dunno, listening to this makes me doubt the concept of Free Software, all the time thinking "where's the catch"? :-P
- 28304283409234 4y ago
  Absolutely. And a few lessons about missing out on substance merely because the presentation is not catchy.
LinuxBender 4y ago
Aside from a few pronunciation issues this is very good. I can see a lot of fun possibilities with this. I envision a site that replaces a speaker with a random speaker and leaves it to the audience to guess who actually wrote the speech. That may be a fun way to remove preset biases from the audience. e.g. take a speech written by a politically polarizing person and have a politically neutral person give the speech. I would be curious what the effects would be. Has this been tried yet? Maybe even use some language learning software to tone down wording in divisive or seemingly unstable people and see how much their audience could be expanded. Perhaps even add some inspirational music in the background and it becomes one of those motivational speeches that gets tens of millions of views on Youtube.

60 points by neelc 4y ago

This is remarkably good, both the (I assume) human-generated slides and text and the computer-generated voice. Here's the original, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM

jraph 4y ago
> This is remarkably good Yes. I knew one can't really trust a recording. Now, I Know. (hearing Steve Jobs voice giving a RMS speech was very entertaining)

emrah 4y ago

Except that's not how "executable" is pronounced. Is that how Steve Jobs really pronounced it?

jraph 4y ago
I didn't notice it for executable, but GNU is not pronounced correctly, and in an inconsistent manner.
jl6 4y ago
Mispronouncing occasional words is a very human thing (particularly technical words that an autodidact might have only seen written, not spoken), and I didn’t find it detracted from the authenticity of the speech.
antibasilisk 4y ago
Some people do pronounce it that way, using the 'exec' in 'executive' instead of the one in 'execution'

HopenHeyHi 4y ago

There surely is a painful lesson here to many neckbeards about persuasion.

Simon_O_Rourke 4y ago
There's a lot of painful lessons the neckbeards are unwilling to learn, persuasion is well down that list.
- HopenHeyHi 4y ago
  Steve Wozniak: Where's your beard? Steve Jobs: In the bathroom sink. I shaved it off. Steve Wozniak: Well, how come? Steve Jobs: 'Cause banks don't like beards. -- His first TV appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDBiUemCSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDBiUemCSY Reportedly, Steve used to be a smelly bearded hippie.
TuringTest 4y ago
I dunno, listening to this makes me doubt the concept of Free Software, all the time thinking "where's the catch"? :-P
28304283409234 4y ago
Absolutely. And a few lessons about missing out on substance merely because the presentation is not catchy.

LinuxBender 4y ago

Aside from a few pronunciation issues this is very good. I can see a lot of fun possibilities with this. I envision a site that replaces a speaker with a random speaker and leaves it to the audience to guess who actually wrote the speech. That may be a fun way to remove preset biases from the audience. e.g. take a speech written by a politically polarizing person and have a politically neutral person give the speech. I would be curious what the effects would be. Has this been tried yet? Maybe even use some language learning software to tone down wording in divisive or seemingly unstable people and see how much their audience could be expanded. Perhaps even add some inspirational music in the background and it becomes one of those motivational speeches that gets tens of millions of views on Youtube.