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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by andai on Monday March 27, 2023 @02:10PM (#35330128)
There's a book I've been waiting years for the audiobook to come out. Plenty of legitimate uses for this tech. Plenty of horrible ones too. It's the same with many technologies, no? I don't think outright banning it makes any sense.
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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by burkaman on Monday March 27, 2023 @02:28PM (#35330379)
Maybe there are legitimate uses, but that isn't one. There is no need for an audiobook narrator to sound like a real person, an AI narrator should be a realistic-sounding but completely fabricated voice.

Example: https://blog.elevenlabs.io/enter-the-new-year-with-a-bang/

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