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by whycome 780 days ago
It’s only a matter of time before Alexa and other agents use better customizable voices.

Audiobooks could have voices read by characters rather than a single narrator faking it. (If even)

You have a cold but still want to give a speech without coughing.

Low bandwidth transmission of audio: transmit just the text and use local voice model to replay it.

Talk to your loved ones after they’re gone.

Hilarity and comedy.

2 comments

> Talk to your loved ones after they’re gone.

Ok, no, that's bad. Have you seen Black Mirror?

Imagine the day when Alexa speaks back to you in your own voice. People would go insane.