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Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

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Re: Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

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Post by pugworthy »

at_a_remove wrote: post #196
pugworthy wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's sad that people trying to discuss the emotional side of this are being down voted. Honestly there is no doubt a very large emotional/personal side of this, irrespective of who's idea it is and who supports it. Technology isn't the solution for all problems and challenges in life.

No, it isn't. But good lord, sometimes trying to get technical help on the Internet turns into this rabbithole of people who are specifically looking for ways not to be helpful. "Did you really want that?" "Did you consider alternatives?" "What you really have is an XY problem."

"Truly identifying a problem means looking deeper at the symptoms, the customer, the impact, the alternatives, the opportunity, and the relationships between them, while avoiding the “solution bias” (often known as “The issue is that the customer does not use my solution”)."

#1 item from https://www.molfar.io/blog/yc-questions

Re: Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

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Post by nutanc »

At a minimum get the following list of sentences recorded in her voice, http://www.festvox.org/cmu_arctic/cmuarctic.data

Make sure the recordings are of a good quality. This will ensure that you will have a baseline TTS of her voice at the minimum.

Re: Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

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Post by at_a_remove »

pugworthy wrote: post #201
at_a_remove wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, it isn't. But good lord, sometimes trying to get technical help on the Internet turns into this rabbithole of people who are specifically looking for ways not to be helpful. "Did you really want that?" "Did you consider alternatives?" "What you really have is an XY problem."

"Truly identifying a problem means looking deeper at the symptoms, the customer, the impact, the alternatives, the opportunity, and the relationships between them, while avoiding the “solution bias” (often known as “The issue is that the customer does not use my solution”)." #1 item from https://www.molfar.io/blog/yc-questions

Or not. Not everything has to be this super-deep, six whys exploration of how craving and attachment is the cause of all suffering and if you would only stop wanting a solution you would no longer be in pain.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Re: Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

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Post by rajacombinator »

Is this a time sensitive procedure? I think I’m stating the obvious - (maybe not) - but this is not something you should just wing a few weeks before, nor is it something you should try to figure out on your own without thoroughly discussing with your wife. “Surprise honey, I deepfaked your voice!” is not something most people would appreciate.

Re: Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

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Post by egypturnash »

shagie wrote: post #180
core-questions wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd go for Stephen Hawking, myself. (Not using his voice synth, reconstructed using ML, because it should sound more natural that way ;-)

I recall that the "say" program on the SGI from the mid 90's was approximately Hawking's voice. Hawking gave his speech for the Whitehouse Millennium Lecture at SGI also, and while I wasn't able to attend I found the transcript of it and fed it in there... there were some jokes that he had that only really came through with the intonation and pacing of a voice synth -- its the ultimate dead pan voice. https://clinton…

Near the end of his life, his original voice computer started to fall apart. He managed to get in touch with the people who wrote the software, who started a mad scramble to find source, and ultimately ended up emulating the whole setup on a Pi.

https://theweek.com/articles/769768/saving-stephen-hawkings-...

Re: Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

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Post by metrokoi »

kemiller2002 wrote: post #129

My mom lost her ability to speak, and what you are going to find is that your life and how you interact with everyone will have to change. Human verbal communication is very fast. She will find it difficult to be part of normal conversations. Without lots of help, she will start to fade into the background of conversations, because she can't keep up. You will have to help her be a part of things. It will be a depress…

Sometimes we have to be reminded that technology can not solve all of our problems. I find one of the issues with my relationships is that I try too hard to help solve their problems. Of course I have good intentions, but focusing on trying to solve the problem can lead to forgetting to do small things similar to what you said about including her in conversations. Think about what she is experiencing. This is the most important comment I have seen.

Re: Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

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Post by pugworthy »

at_a_remove wrote: post #204
pugworthy wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Truly identifying a problem means looking deeper at the symptoms, the customer, the impact, the alternatives, the opportunity, and the relationships between them, while avoiding the “solution bias” (often known as “The issue is that the customer does not use my solution”)." #1 item from https://www.molfar.io/blog/yc-questions

Or not. Not everything has to be this super-deep, six whys exploration of how craving and attachment is the cause of all suffering and if you would only stop wanting a solution you would no longer be in pain. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

If it was a cigar he’d just ask the technical question of how to capture and simulate someone’s voice.
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