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> This was already posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43221377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43221377 but I’m really surprised at the lack
by huijzer 2y ago
> This was already posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43221377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43221377 but I’m really surprised at the lack of attention this model is getting.
I'm surprised by the lack of attention that Gemini 2.0 with native audio output got. They have a demo at https://youtu.be/qE673AY-WEI https://youtu.be/qE673AY-WEI, which I think is really good too. The main problem with Google's model is that this audio output is not supported by the API, but you can try it at https://aistudio.google.com https://aistudio.google.com.
In general, text to speech is pretty good nowadays I think. For example, this is a little math video that I made a few days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1mvLrCfjFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1mvLrCfjFM with the (old) Google text to speech API. Honestly, I think the narration is better than I personally could have done. It's calm, well pronounced, and sounds relatively enthusiastic.
- smusamashah 2y agoHow do I get to this in aistudio.google.com?
- huijzer 2y agoI think the one under "Stream Realtime" should be similar to the demo. It's only Gemini 2.0 flash though and not the full one.
- moralestapia 2y ago>They have a demo at https://youtu.be/qE673AY-WEI https://youtu.be/qE673AY-WEI That's not a demo, that's a video. Anyone can make something like that in an afternoon with a couple friends and a microphone. Also, Google is known for putting out fake "demos", remember the Google Duplex scam?
- underdeserver 2y agoScam? Duplex worked.
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- moralestapia 2y agoI doesn't work today, let alone 6 years ago. But good work defending your master.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoI thought it was announced and never heard from again. It may have worked but it never shipped did it?
- underdeserver 2y agoI made some restaurant reservations, it worked.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoI see, I guess it was never a standalone product then, from reading a Reddit post, it’s a feature built into assistant. Thanks, solves a mystery for me.
- moralestapia 2y agoIt was never real. They even admitted they used real people for the service. It was a scam. Also, that would be quite hard to pull today, 2025, after transformers etc. There's absolutely no chance they were sitting on that back in 2018.
- underdeserver 2y agoI know people who worked on it. It was real. They used real people for some calls, in some cases, but a vast majority of calls made through the system with 100% automatic.
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