Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
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Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
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Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#2The average English word is 4.5 characters and the average English speaker speaks 110-150 words per minute. This means that at $16/1m characters, we can generate speech at a cost between $28.57-39/hr. Per Google's post, WaveNet now costs 50ms of TPU time per 1s of speech generated, meaning, at 100% utilization, a TPU can generate somewhere between $571.40-780/hr. Google's TPUs can be deployed (by third parties) at $6.50/hr. That's some sweet sweet margin.
Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#3The average English word is 4.5 characters and the average English speaker speaks 110-150 words per minute. This means that at $16/1m characters, we can generate speech at a cost between $28.57-39/hr. Per Google's post, WaveNet now costs 50ms of TPU time per 1s of speech generated, meaning, at 100% utilization, a TPU can generate somewhere between $571.40-780/hr. Google's TPUs can be deployed (by third parties) at $6…
Nice analysis! That's the rub with doing tco analysis. How much value do you put on higher order of manageability?
You should also include a workload volatility component to be entirely fair. Your analysis assumes it's entirely steady state.
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Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#4The average English word is 4.5 characters and the average English speaker speaks 110-150 words per minute. This means that at $16/1m characters, we can generate speech at a cost between $28.57-39/hr. Per Google's post, WaveNet now costs 50ms of TPU time per 1s of speech generated, meaning, at 100% utilization, a TPU can generate somewhere between $571.40-780/hr. Google's TPUs can be deployed (by third parties) at $6…
I think your math is wrong by a factor of 60. Under your assumptions, one hour of speech is equivalent to 30-40 thousand characters, costing between $0.48-$0.65. That translates to revenue of $9.50-$12.96/hour per TPU.
Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#5Are there any voice samples?
Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#6Are there any voice samples?
You can try it yourself here, just make sure to select English (United States) and Voicetype: Wavenet, as the other languages are not yet using the Wavenet system: https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/
Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#7Are there any voice samples?
You can try it yourself here, just make sure to select English (United States) and Voicetype: Wavenet, as the other languages are not yet using the Wavenet system: https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/
Try changing the pitch by more than +-10 as well, it breaks up quite amusingly
Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#8The average English word is 4.5 characters and the average English speaker speaks 110-150 words per minute. This means that at $16/1m characters, we can generate speech at a cost between $28.57-39/hr. Per Google's post, WaveNet now costs 50ms of TPU time per 1s of speech generated, meaning, at 100% utilization, a TPU can generate somewhere between $571.40-780/hr. Google's TPUs can be deployed (by third parties) at $6…
"the cloud" is just a better DRM.
Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#9The average English word is 4.5 characters and the average English speaker speaks 110-150 words per minute. This means that at $16/1m characters, we can generate speech at a cost between $28.57-39/hr. Per Google's post, WaveNet now costs 50ms of TPU time per 1s of speech generated, meaning, at 100% utilization, a TPU can generate somewhere between $571.40-780/hr. Google's TPUs can be deployed (by third parties) at $6…
"the cloud" is just a better DRM.
How so? They don't sell the model itself, they sell the 'tickets' to allow you to take a picture of it. That is not DRM.
Re: Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology
#10The average English word is 4.5 characters and the average English speaker speaks 110-150 words per minute. This means that at $16/1m characters, we can generate speech at a cost between $28.57-39/hr. Per Google's post, WaveNet now costs 50ms of TPU time per 1s of speech generated, meaning, at 100% utilization, a TPU can generate somewhere between $571.40-780/hr. Google's TPUs can be deployed (by third parties) at $6…
I think your math is wrong by a factor of 60. Under your assumptions, one hour of speech is equivalent to 30-40 thousand characters, costing between $0.48-$0.65. That translates to revenue of $9.50-$12.96/hour per TPU.
I double checked, you are correct:
16 * (4.5 * 110 * 60) / 1M = $0.475/hr
16 * (4.5 * 150 * 60) / 1M = $0.648/hr