> I have always been fascinated by how poor synthesized speech sounds.
Same, to the point of occasionally exploring what the start-up situation looks like and whether there’s something worth doing to fix it. High-quality voice synthesis would, I think, change the economics for producing things like video games and possibly some television (animated shows coming to mind), particularly more “indie” work. Perhaps we wind up in a time where the human voice actor is replaced with someone that can create unique vocal styles for virtual characters.
> I have always been fascinated by how poor synthesized speech sounds.
Same, to the point of occasionally exploring what the start-up situation looks like and whether there’s something worth doing to fix it. High-quality voice synthesis would, I think, change the economics for producing things like video games and possibly some television (animated shows coming to mind), particularly more “indie” work. Perhaps we wind up in a time where the human voice actor is replaced with someone that can create unique vocal styles for virtual characters.