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Old 02-25-2019, 08:46 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by PTM1580 View Post
Wish the forum had a "like" button. I am unaware of any current implementation of AI voices used for Audiobooks, that's what I'm trying to find out. There is promising technology out there and perhaps, much sooner than later, it will be more commonplace, but as an avid Audiobook consumer, the voice acting is a big draw for me as well.

However...

This is coming.

Tacotron 2

Samples are pretty amazing.
Consider why they still use voice actors in animated movies. If people didn't care about the quality of the voice actor, they would simply use one of the numerous text to voice programs.
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