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by bit-101
973 days ago
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Not sure I agree. I listened to a handful of the books that MS encoded. I would not be able to listen to a full book like that. It's just not quite right - the timing is fixed and while the words are correctly pronounced and each have the right accent, there's a lack of natural emphasis on certain words within each sentence that makes if feel cold and alien. I admit this is miles ahead of any previous text-to-speech I've heard, and would be good for reading, say, a blog post or article, but not a full book. At least not fiction. I read fiction for enjoyment and agree that the narrator makes the difference. I've stopped listening to several audiobooks because the narrator didn't cut it for me. I'll watch this space and reevaluate, but I wouldn't listen to any of this batch. |
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