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Re:Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 week... by coronadisaster on Thursday June 11, 2020 @01:57PM (#23491515)
Just have her carry a good microphone at all times to record everything she says until that point, to have a maximum amount of samples. If you can't "deepfake" it today, maybe you will be able to do it tomorrow, but at least you will have the data.
Re:Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 week... by woah on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:17PM (#23491711)
This will probably sound a lot more natural than sitting there reading a training corpus. Given that advances in AI are tending to eliminate manual feature engineering, predetermined training corpuses may soon be a thing of the past anyway.
Re:Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 week... by lostlogin on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:15PM (#23491694)
“This conversation is being recorded for training and quality assurance purposes.” Should be stated before each new interaction. The legal requirement will vary by jurisdiction but a lawyer can advise on that. And yes, I’m joking.
Re:Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 week... by coronadisaster on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:18PM (#23491717)
While this can be true, it depends in which state that you live in: https://recordinglaw.com/party-two-party-consent-states/ . In Illinois, it is apparently legal for the police to record you without consent but it is illegal for you to record the police...
Re:Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 week... by bluGill on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:13PM (#23491681)
Agree, voice recorders are cheap. Every sound she makes for these last few days can be edited and used later if needed. Or if now just throw it away.
Re:Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 week... by markk on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:30PM (#23491860)
Maybe using a lav mic and the recorder in the pocket would be the most natural