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Re: ElevenReader

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Post by macco »

How is the quality compared to speechify?

I use it to listen to PDFs. It works, but has plenty of hiccups with headers, footers and colons.

Re: ElevenReader

#22

Post by stavros »

jnsaff2 wrote: post #10

It seems that this is using one of the less refined models. In English it sounds like a 4th grader reading in front of a class. Kinda stilted word by word voicing with static pauses between words and no variation in intonation. Tried with two voices and both are the same.

Well, you get what you pay for...

Re: ElevenReader

#23

Post by sky2224 »

The video shows scenarios of people listening to pdfs of pretty dense material (e.g., computer science, bio mechanics).

Does anyone here actually have positive results doing this? It seems to me listening to anything that's even remotely complex with the intent of learning it just isn't something that's feasible.

Re: ElevenReader

#24

Post by ravetcofx »

mkmk3 wrote: post #20

Damn, tried a unicornriot article [1] and it just skipped several paragraphs past the grisly stuff. Can anyone else confirm? [1] - https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/sextortion-coms-inside-a-vile...

Important article but horrific content. It seems to read it all for me.

Re: ElevenReader

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Post by OhioMan2943 »

This is definitely the future, I'm worried about the electric slip and slide world we're heading into though, where everything is completely spoonfed and consumptive. I can't help but think we're heading back into animalism.

Re: ElevenReader

#27

Post by nice__two »

sky2224 wrote: post #23

The video shows scenarios of people listening to pdfs of pretty dense material (e.g., computer science, bio mechanics). Does anyone here actually have positive results doing this? It seems to me listening to anything that's even remotely complex with the intent of learning it just isn't something that's feasible.

That’s my biggest gripe with audiobooks: good for fiction, not so good for learning.

Re: ElevenReader

#28

Post by ipsum2 »

jnsaff2 wrote: post #10

It seems that this is using one of the less refined models. In English it sounds like a 4th grader reading in front of a class. Kinda stilted word by word voicing with static pauses between words and no variation in intonation. Tried with two voices and both are the same.

I use ElevenReader on a weekly basis, and it sounds fine. Definitely not what you describe.

Re: ElevenReader

#29

Post by mkmk3 »

ravetcofx wrote: post #24
mkmk3 wrote: post #20

Damn, tried a unicornriot article [1] and it just skipped several paragraphs past the grisly stuff. Can anyone else confirm? [1] - https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/sextortion-coms-inside-a-vile...

Important article but horrific content. It seems to read it all for me.

For sure, I saw where it was skipping and I wouldn't have been surprised if it were intentional, but good to disprove. Thanks for checking, have a good day
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