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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by mahmoudfelfel on Monday March 27, 2023 @04:38PM (#35332177)
We have been seeing some of these genuine use cases: youtube creators, audiobooks, elearning videos, podcasts, commercials, dubbing, and gaming.
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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by tgv on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @04:21AM (#35337413)
BS. That could just be done without imitating someone's voice.
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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by ksrm on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @07:52AM (#35339267)
No-one is going to listen to an audiobook made with this. It's still fundamentally just TTS.
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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by pencilbow on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @12:49PM (#35344025)
Have you tried it? I've listened to 2 generated audiobooks so far, has been great
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