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Originally Posted by Renate
I never listen to audio books, only radio theatre (or whatever we call it).
How bad is virtual voicing?
Is it that it doesn't understand the sentence and it comes off-kilter?
Or that it barfs on names or uncommon words?
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I've only ever used Alexa and I don't know if virtual voice (or other platforms) do a better job. She's ok. More nuance than you'd expect and pretty good at pronunciation; her worst failing is that she doesn't know the difference between "content" (happy) and "content" (innards). Or "produce" (make) and "produce" (veggies). Or "present" and "present". Etc. It's jarring. And while she's animated, not monotone, she obviously can't do different characterizations. It's all just her. Kind of like a dumb but enthusiastic babysitter.
It's good enough to tide me over with a Kindle book when I want to keep going but have to be hands or eyes or both free, but "free" is the operative word.