The token limits seem to have kicked in now (my first go was a few hours back and this is just my second attempt)
Show HN: I Built an Accent Changer App
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#12Interesting, what's the purpose? Maybe, host a podcast without revealing your real voice? I tried a few, I think the British American was maybe the best one. I didn't really notice a huge difference on Italian or Indian accent. British - American https://pastewaves.com/player/25cacf64-461a-4eef-9b02-9bc0da... A little shaky, but no doubt hints of a British Accent.
I went to a lot of work to adopt a “neutral” American accent, with some success. Perfectly adequate for casual conversations. Why? You run across many people with accents every day, right? Well, it’s a problem; people definitely treat you differently. This issue isn’t specific to the USA btw, it’s just I’ve been working in the USA for a long time.
Face to face, I work with Indians, Ukrainians, Vietnamese, Mexicans, Brazilians, Russians, Guatemalans, Cubans, Italians and I love to hear the twang each person has.
Curious what you mean by treated differently or why you needed to put so much effort into hiding your accent? Are you sure it wasn't just general English? Because of course you may get treated differently if you can't speak English...but I think the accent is not really a problem.
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#13It looks cool, but how do I know this is not a front to capture people’s voice fingerprints for other sinister usage?
hmmm... What type of sinister usage?
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#15I think we burned up your tokens
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#16I got ``` Voice cloning failed (403): {"detail":{"type":"authorization_error","code":"forbidden","message":"You have reached your monthly limit of voice add/edit operations (95). Please consider upgrading your subscription to increase your ```
Definitely something that you should have made sure doesn't leak into the front end UI.
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#17Probably should make sure you're thinking about your actual UX when your third party voice cloning service cuts you off. Not a great sign when I can't even go through the demo without hitting a back end error from a third party. I got ``` Voice cloning failed (403): {"detail":{"type":"authorization_error","code":"forbidden","message":"You have reached your monthly limit of voice add/edit operations (95). Please consi…
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#18Voice cloning failed (403): {"detail":{"type":"authorization_error","code":"forbidden","message":"You have reached your monthly limit of voice add/edit operations (95). Please consider upgrading your subscription to increase your limit.","status":"voice_add_edit_limit_reached","request_id":"zzz"}} I think we burned up your tokens
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#19can it do brummie?
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
hmmm... What type of sinister usage?
Well not giving you ideas but voice signatures or prints are used in the wild, in wars or even civil cases, even in the US https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/01/31/137633/us-prison...