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British accent review time! "Nature Show Host": not David Attenborough, surprisingly "Compelling Lady": nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday "Upset Girl": this is mo
by pjc50 9mo ago
British accent review time!
"Nature Show Host": not David Attenborough, surprisingly
"Compelling Lady": nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday
"Upset Girl": this is more the voiceover that would be used on depressing animal charity adverts
"Magnetic Man": you can't fool me, that's an American
"Patient Man": patience gives you reverb. The word "British" is spoken with a very non-British accent.
Not to be all Henry Higgins, but these are all "placeless" accents and there are no regional accent options. I was looking forward to trying Computer Mancunian. But I can see why for marketing voiceover people want "global neutral British".
UX review: "failed to generate speech". Only the example phrases work.
- happymellon 9mo agoPatient man, sounds a little Welsh, maybe some Indian twangs in there too?
- shrubby 9mo agoI tried Irvine Welsh so perhaps the wrong kind of Welsh, but I got a generator error while trying to ask for Mark Hunt having a pint.
- abanana 9mo agoTo me (I'm Welsh) the Indian twang sounds clear, but there are some odd similarities between Welsh and Indian accents. Upset Girl isn't "natural sounding". It's a voice I feel I've heard in AI demos before.
- happymellon 9mo agoUpset girl is dodgy American imitation of nondescript home counties. The sort of foreign "actresses trying to be Lara Croft" sort of thing.
- happymellon 9mo agoI think the Welsh for me is when Patient Man says "audio".
- arethuza 9mo agoI tried to get it to generate a hearty "Fit like min?" - no luck.
- dpoloncsak 9mo agoI just want to be able to speak like James Acaster. Kettering accent generator when :(