Deep-learning text-to-speech tool for generating voices of various characters

Re:Deep-learning text-to-speech tool for generating voices o... by mickof on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @12:31AM (#25654912)

You just sort of assume that this is correct? The person[1] running this comes across as a severely unstable character, that number is probably hyperbole.

[1] https://twitter.com/fifteenai

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Re:Deep-learning text-to-speech tool for generating voices o... by 15ai on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @12:35AM (#25654925)

Not a hyperbole – I can provide proof if you'd like.

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Re:Deep-learning text-to-speech tool for generating voices o... by nmfisher on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:39AM (#25655196)

Separate question - is this English only? It looks like you can feed in phonemes but I assume this has been trained with English audio.

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Re:Deep-learning text-to-speech tool for generating voices o... by skavi on Friday January 08, 2021 @12:52PM (#25687482)

Would you be willing to explain how you can justify offering this for free? I’ve subbed to the patreon, but that’s less than a drop in the bucket compared to the ~$10k you say this month will cost.

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Re:Deep-learning text-to-speech tool for generating voices o... by nmfisher on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:32AM (#25655160)

I’ve worked with deep learning models enough to know the cost of running GPU inference, and if the live queue stats published on the website are accurate, then thousands of dollars per month is certainly plausible.

I have no reason to disbelieve it.

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Re:Deep-learning text-to-speech tool for generating voices o... by hooloovoo_zoo on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:36AM (#25655182)

It seems like one could get to those numbers pretty easily given the prices for GPU instances on AWS. Even just one decent-sized instance would be thousands of dollars per month.

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