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by allannienhuis 817 days ago
I can think that better quality audio content generated from text would be a killer application. As someone else mentioned, pipe in an epub, output an audiobook or video game content. With additional tooling (likely via ai/llm analysis), this could enable things like dramatic storytelling with specific character voices and dynamics interpreted from the content of the text.

I can see it empowering solo creators in similar ways that modern music tools enable solo or small-budget musicians today.
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devinprater 817 days ago
Or, when it gets fast enough, someone could have their own personal dub of video games (BlazBlue Central Fiction) or TV shows and such.
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latexr 817 days ago
> pipe in an epub, output an audiobook or video game content.

That falls into “replacing voice actors”, mentioned by the OP.

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blackqueeriroh 817 days ago
No, it really doesn’t. There are thousands of very smart and talented creators without the budget to hire voice actors. This lets them get a start. AI voices let you lower the barrier to entry, but they won’t replace most voice actors because the higher you go up the stack, the more the demand for real actors will also go up because AI voices aren’t anywhere near being able to replace real voice actors.
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latexr 817 days ago
> AI voices let you lower the barrier to entry, but they won’t replace most voice actors because the higher you go up the stack, the more the demand for real actors will also go up

That is as absurd as saying LLMs are increasing the demand for writers.

> because AI voices aren’t anywhere near being able to replace real voice actors.

Even if that were true—which it is not; the current crop is more than adequate to read long texts—it assumes the technology has reached its limit, which is equally absurd.

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tonnydourado 817 days ago
As another reply put, I'm very skeptical that the benefits for small content creators will offset the damaged to society as a whole, from increased fraud and harassment.
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albert_e 817 days ago
What if I want to listen to my notes in my own voice

Or my favorite books in my own voice.

Or my lecture notes in my professor's voice.

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