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Not for my use case. I can open it up, and in restored classical Latin pronunciation say "Hi, my name is X, how are you?" and it will respond (also in Latin) "H
by spudlyo 10mo ago
Not for my use case. I can open it up, and in restored classical Latin pronunciation say "Hi, my name is X, how are you?" and it will respond (also in Latin) "Hello X, I am well, thanks for asking. I hope you are doing great." Its pronunciation is not great, but intelligible. In the written transcript, it butchers what I say, but its responses look good, although sans macrons indicating phonemic vowel length.
Gemini responds in what I think is Spanish, or perhaps Portuguese.
However I can hand an 8 minute long 48k mono mp3 of a nuanced Latin speaker who nasalizes his vowels, and makes regular use of elision to Gemini-3-pro-preview and it will produce an accurate macronized Latin transcription. It's pretty mind blowing.
- Dilettante_ 10mo agoI have to ask: What usecase requires you to speak Latin to the llm?
- spudlyo 10mo agoI'm a Latin language learner, and part of developing fluency is practicing extemporaneous speech. My dog is a patient listener, but a poor interlocutor. There are Latin language Discord servers where you can speak to people, but I don't quite have the confidence to do that yet. I assume the machine doesn't judge my shitty grammar.
- onraglanroad 10mo agoLoquerisne Latine? Non vere, sed intelligere possum. Ita, mihi est canis qui idipsum facit! (translated from the Gàidhlig)
- spudlyo 10mo agoCerte loqui conor, sed saepenumero prave dico; canis meus non turbatus est ;)
- nineteen999 10mo agoYou haven't heard? Latin is the next big wave, after blockchain and AI.
- spudlyo 10mo agoYou laugh, but the global language learning market in 2025 is expected to exceed USD $100 billion, and LLMs IMHO are poised to disrupt the shit out of it.
- nineteen999 10mo agoWell sure I can see that happening ... but I can't see latin making a huge comeback unfortunately.
- create-username 10mo agoyou joke but Latin teachers are very sought after in my region. There are none. I have just bootcamped myself to become one and shift careers due to the high demand