So trippy:
Am I the only one who wonders how long it’ll take to pair Lyrebird-style voice synthesis with these techniques to revolutionize crank calling?
You can read more about how it works from Yaniv Leviathan (rad name!) on the Google AI blog:
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Of course, small business will no doubt use this tool too. Now you have the bizarre reality of machines talking to machines in spoken audio English, when something like Unicode is more accurate and efficient.
This reminds me of being in Paris many years ago. There was a long line to get a ticket for an attraction. I heard a woman say something in French that sounded like she was selling a ticket, and so I approached her, and (in my feeble French) offered to buy it. After completing the transaction, she turns to the woman next to her and says (in perfect British English) “Hey Jenny, it’s no problem, he’ll buy your extra ticket!”