IBM Dr Watson Text to Speech

[Dolby]

I want to upload a YouTube video without my voice. So I started looking at text-to-speech and seems Dr Watson is best (open to other suggestions?).

But how do I add breaks or pauses? Commas don't seem to do the trick.

Wondering if anyone else uses it

 

[ArmatageShanks]

What's wrong with your voice?

 

[TribbleZA]

Perhaps they have one of these sexy voices that people cannot listen to without going on an imaginary journey first?

 

[Dolby]

Perhaps they have one of these sexy voices that people cannot listen to without going on an imaginary journey first?

That's it... It is just too sexy for most.

But jokes aside :

*I tend to do lots of 'er' and 'um'... So are plenty retakes
* I don't have the hardware or decent microphone. TTS means I don't need to buy anything additional

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

You can use SSML markup to indicate breaks. Here's an example (3s = 3 seconds):

String text = "<speak version='1.0'>This is some text <break time='3s'/>" +
"This is some more text</speak>";

 

[Dolby]

You can use SSML markup to indicate breaks. Here's an example (3s = 3 seconds):

String text = "<speak version='1.0'>This is some text <break time='3s'/>" +
"This is some more text</speak>";

I don't even know what this is :/

Was hoping something I could just type - but I'll try read up

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

I don't know either, I just googled it and found that
/ping @Thor
I know he loves tinkering with weird stuff like this, Good Luck

 

[Thor]

I did a Video to Text one (transcibe)

How To Transcribe Video Files To Text Files Using Amazon AWS Transcribe For Free.

Transcribe a video to text using AWS. In this tutorial we will create a Word Document from a YouTube Video using the automatic speech recognition service from Amazon called, AWS Transcribe. Amazon Transcribe is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service that makes it easy for developers to...

erikthiart.com

Out there stalks the evil that is Watson Node-Red.

With Watson, we built a bot for Platinum Wealth that takes user's post data and creates a "personality" around the user. Combining my love for psychology and tech.



This does not solve your issue though - so try Polly, she's amazing.

https://aws.amazon.com/polly/

Maybe I will do a blog post

 

[mister]

This is paid software with some realistic sounding voices: https://speechelo.com/

There are coupons codes around the net if you look.

 

[semiautomatix]

I did a Video to Text one (transcibe)

How To Transcribe Video Files To Text Files Using Amazon AWS Transcribe For Free.

Transcribe a video to text using AWS. In this tutorial we will create a Word Document from a YouTube Video using the automatic speech recognition service from Amazon called, AWS Transcribe. Amazon Transcribe is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service that makes it easy for developers to...

erikthiart.com

Out there stalks the evil that is Watson Node-Red.

With Watson, we built a bot for Platinum Wealth that takes user's post data and creates a "personality" around the user. Combining my love for psychology and tech.

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This does not solve your issue though - so try Polly, she's amazing.

https://aws.amazon.com/polly/

Maybe I will do a blog post

+1 for Polly.

Or try these guys https://replicastudios.com/

 

[saor]

That's it... It is just too sexy for most.

But jokes aside :

*I tend to do lots of 'er' and 'um'... So are plenty retakes
* I don't have the hardware or decent microphone. TTS means I don't need to buy anything additional

Write a script and read it. This is exactly what you're going to do with a text to speech thing anyway so not sure why ums and ahs and retakes are an issue. Decent mic under R1000.

Depends on your channel I guess, but my feeling is that people prefer listening to other people rather than digital voices unless the synthesis is really good.

 

[RedViking]

Don't. HATE ai voice. Learn hoe to do without er and em. It's okay to pause. You get better at it with time.

 

[Thor]

Well if you are looking for a good mic, I have a good one for sale, R700

Superlux E205 Studio Condensor Microphone – Marshall Music

www.marshallmusic.co.za

I paid R1,100

Not using it anymore because my iMac has a AI Mic

 

[Dairyfarmer]

MS Office has text to speech. Just use the computer to record the output.

 

[saor]

Don't. HATE ai voice. Learn hoe to do without er and em. It's okay to pause. You get better at it with time.

Especially tutorials...if it's an obvious digital voice I don't even bother. There's just so much content choice right now that it's easy to click away to something that sounds more interesting / less robotic.

 

[RedViking]

Especially tutorials...if it's an obvious digital voice I don't even bother. There's just so much content choice right now that it's easy to click away to something that sounds more interesting / less robotic.

If it is for work or something... Sure.. Shame though. But the moment a youtube video starts with an AI voice or those American advertising type voice.... Skip.

 

[saor]

If it is for work or something... Sure.. Shame though. But the moment a youtube video starts with an AI voice or those American advertising type voice.... Skip.

I also watch the majority of tutorials at 1.3x - 2x speed and the digital voices sound kak / my ears aren't used to it at those speeds. Humans I can deal.