Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
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Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
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Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#2I was like 10 minutes deep into the free version when I noticed that a couple of weird things could be attributed to the 'narrator' being a ChatGPT like speech synth.
1- The voice is not consistent across different videos. 2- Once in a while it does that thing where it sounds like a demon and changes the voice profile to a completely different person for a little while. 3- There's weird... pauses... that in some cases make sense, but in some cases it's just completely non-sensical "this is a very useful... feature" or "looking at your issue that you are... raising to them", it sounds like someone reading a Charles Bukowski poem. This happens the most often, once you see it it's like those optical illusion things where you can't unsee it.
One cannot spend too much time evaluating products, and I feel that I have seen all that I needed to see, how good can a product of a company that does this be? And to charge 500$ for the complete course?
I don't quite get it. Like is it really easier to generate a video with fake AI narration than just narrating it yourself? I think it would even be harder, only to make your reputation and brand 1000% worse? And the act of showcasing a free version of the course to 'get a taste of it', when in reality I'm guessing most would see the red flags and back away, thanks I guess.
I just don't get it.
Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#3The problem being? If the content is good enough and the narration fine (it took you a while to even notice), why does it matter?
> Like is it really easier to generate a video with fake AI narration than just narrating it yourself?
Yes?
Also, they can iterate quicker (don't have to rerecord if content changes).
Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#4The problem being? If the content is good enough and the narration fine (it took you a while to even notice), why does it matter? > Like is it really easier to generate a video with fake AI narration than just narrating it yourself? Yes? Also, they can iterate quicker (don't have to rerecord if content changes).
Maybe its me, but having a human narrate the text is one part of a guarantee that shows an actual team of a few experts took the time to prepare the text and review the finished product.
Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#5The problem being? If the content is good enough and the narration fine (it took you a while to even notice), why does it matter? > Like is it really easier to generate a video with fake AI narration than just narrating it yourself? Yes? Also, they can iterate quicker (don't have to rerecord if content changes).
Maybe its me, but having a human narrate the text is one part of a guarantee that shows an actual team of a few experts took the time to prepare the text and review the finished product.
I too judge books by their covers.
Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#6The problem being? If the content is good enough and the narration fine (it took you a while to even notice), why does it matter? > Like is it really easier to generate a video with fake AI narration than just narrating it yourself? Yes? Also, they can iterate quicker (don't have to rerecord if content changes).
Maybe its me, but having a human narrate the text is one part of a guarantee that shows an actual team of a few experts took the time to prepare the text and review the finished product.
A human reader for a popular product is generally a paid actor who reads the script nearly verbatim, not a domain expert, so it has no bearing on the technical quality of the script.
Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe its me, but having a human narrate the text is one part of a guarantee that shows an actual team of a few experts took the time to prepare the text and review the finished product.
I too judge books by their covers.
It's all information that feeds into the Bayesian.
Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#8I was like 10 minutes deep into the free version when I noticed that a couple of weird things could be attributed to the 'narrator' being a ChatGPT like speech synth. 1- The voice is not consistent across different videos. 2- Once in a while it does that thing where it sounds like a demon and changes the voice profile to a completely different person for a little while. 3- There's weird... pauses... that in some case…
If it's all ai generated, it's only fair if I use STT to convert it and have an LLM summarise it back to what might have been the original bullet points used to make the training video. Or just send me the prompt.
Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#9The problem being? If the content is good enough and the narration fine (it took you a while to even notice), why does it matter? > Like is it really easier to generate a video with fake AI narration than just narrating it yourself? Yes? Also, they can iterate quicker (don't have to rerecord if content changes).
Commitment. The chances it's sloppy content are much higher when the presentation costs very little.
Re: Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated
#10If you are using Perforce as an enterprise system, $500 is peanuts. Perforce can get pricey.
We used to be a Perforce shop, in my last job.
However, I continue to be amazed that Perforce survived Git. I assume its ability to handle large binaries has been what saved it.
I seem to remember an HN posting, some time ago, about a new system, aimed at creatives, and that handles big binaries. It looked fairly good, but not sure how it’s doing.