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by thomashop 2y ago
https://www.ted.com/talks/nis_norgaard_how_to_create_a_genderless_voice https://www.ted.com/talks/nis_norgaard_how_to_create_a_gende...
- iLoveOncall 2y agoIt sounds genuinely bad though. It's from 4 years ago so I assume the quality could be much better, but it still feels a lot less natural than to talk with a "gendered" voice. I also don't really understand the problem of having only gendered voices. It's not YOUR voice, GPT-4 isn't speaking in your place, it's another entity that has its own voice. Do you ask people to speak with a gender neutral voice? If not how is that different?
- thomashop 2y agoYeah, it's not great. I just thought it was interesting someone tried. I don't know how I got myself into the position in this argument but where I'm coming from is a sexy female voice as the default for a voice assistant seems old-fashioned to me. It feels like a lot of products are designed by white males and they represent their fantasies and desires. The customers are more diverse than the people designing the products and companies should be mindful of that.