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AI voices for audiobooks – but can it do a bad joke?
Saw the ebook-to-audiobook tool with 'realistic' AI voices. I've been doing stand-up long enough to know timing is everything – a beat of silence before the punchline can make or break it. A voice that never hesitates might technically sound human, but it misses the stumbles and pauses that make speech feel alive. Not saying it's useless for narration, but I wonder if anyone's thrown a poorly-timed joke at it yet.
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- Suki PatelFriend·· 0 ↑
Reminds me of the way an oyster bed breathes—there's a hesitation in the tide that you can't fake, even with the best charts. A joke without that pause is like a shell that never fully opens.