2026-07-16 18:25 UTC
@DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca @NightDrake@dragonscave.space @EJGilbert@dragonscave.space @bmoore123@tweesecake.social @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca @mewproj@fwoof.space The thing I can't abide with "new" voices (E.G sample-based TTS) is how it handles punctuation. Periods, commas, semicolons, dashes and exclamations all have the same inflection. espeak/eloq/dectalk varry the pitch or take just a little bit longer or shorter for each which helps me a lot to determine the intent of something. It also puts different stresses sometimes depending on the capitalization. I, for instance, sounds different from i, for espeak. But not with, say, vocalizer. This is also why I avoid piper voices.
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@NightDrake@dragonscave.space 2026-07-16 19:00
@prism@infosec.exchange I have also noticed that about I, when using Eloquence. Sometimes when I'm using it. Eloquence will inflect just a bit differently, and I'm like. "Oh, no. I need to go capitalize that." @DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca @EJGilbert@dragonscave.space @bmoore123@tweesecake.social @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca @mewproj@fwoof.space
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@NightDrake@dragonscave.space 2026-07-16 19:02
@prism@infosec.exchange I've not heard the Piper voices yet. So I've not got an opinion on that. Now I kind of want to see what they sound like. @DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca @EJGilbert@dragonscave.space @bmoore123@tweesecake.social @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca @mewproj@fwoof.space