Tinnean's Blog - Posts Tagged "ai"
Let's talk about AI
Thanks to the wonder that is the Net, I've been getting ads for Georgette Heyer's Regency and Georgian romances. I've always loved her works, so of course I clicked on them and learned some of them are in audio format. This led to YouTube, because why not? Mostly I found reviews, but I did find an audio book of These Old Shades, and it was free.
Excellent, yes? Actually, no. It was read by AI, and it was horrendous. The voice was flat, the pace of the reading was soooo off it pulled me out of the story, and it was obvious whoever taught this version of AI how to speak got it wrong in more ways than I want to think of. For instance, the word M'sieur. How was it pronounced? Em sieur. Seriously?
I gave it a thumbs-down and left a scathing review.
Excellent, yes? Actually, no. It was read by AI, and it was horrendous. The voice was flat, the pace of the reading was soooo off it pulled me out of the story, and it was obvious whoever taught this version of AI how to speak got it wrong in more ways than I want to think of. For instance, the word M'sieur. How was it pronounced? Em sieur. Seriously?
I gave it a thumbs-down and left a scathing review.
