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Re:AI voice actors sound more human than ever–and are ready ... by ArnoVW on Sunday July 11, 2021 @05:04AM (#27799426)
I had the same sort of situation the other day. I wanted to produce a "corporate video" for our company that explained our ontology, and it's benefits. Using Blender I managed to come to a semi-pro result, but getting the narrating voice was not quite so easy. I didn't have access to a good mic, and my French / Dutch accent would have distracted and lowered the production value.

In my opnioning this is a good example of how AI is slowly gaining foot. It's a bit like the old adage of a camera phone vs a DSLR. Sure, it's inferior, but it's always better than a superior version that I don't have access to. It's difficult to compete on quality with something that's free.

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Re:AI voice actors sound more human than ever–and are ready ... by tkgally on Sunday July 11, 2021 @05:31AM (#27799537)
> it's inferior, but it's always better than a superior version that I don't have access to.

Yes. Machine translation is like that, too. It makes mistakes and can be hard to understand and easily misunderstood, but compared with the time and effort required to learn another language, or the expense and bother of finding a human translator or interpreter, it clearly has its advantages.

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