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Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by the88doctor »

mywacaday wrote: post #416
hammadh wrote: post #238

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, we intended the playground to be merely a testing tool for the new model we're building. We'll improve based on your feedback!

I noticed that when i put in the following text from the BBC as a test and it pronounces 2008 as "two thousand eight" but I believe most people would pronounce it as "two thousand and eight" Great work A billionaire's son, who fled to Yemen within hours of the death of a student in London 15 years ago, has admitted his involvement to the BBC. The body of Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was discovered under rubble in a Gre…

I would definitely just say "two thousand eight"

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by barbariangrunge »

h1fra wrote: post #233

Congrats on launching. People already made a lot of feedback on the product itself so I'll keep mine. Just a few note on the UX: - Recording your own voice should contain a script too, that could help increase the quality of the sampling because I struggled to say anything relevant. - Recording again, there is no time so it's hard to say when it's okay to stop - You enforce the checkbox "not [...] to generate any sex…

The terms of service is terrifying for anybody who has a voice or anything of value they want made into speech

> you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose

There’s a bunch more in there too

Most of the ai companies have these terms, and it’s pretty sketchy

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by barbariangrunge »

nanis wrote: post #335

What are the "legitimate" uses cases for this kind of service where they would expect to make money from individuals who want their voices cloned? Dub movies? Audiobooks?

None. The terms of service have creators surrender rights to their voices and their ip when they use this service

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by barbariangrunge »

hammadh wrote: post #75
devmunchies wrote: post #20

How is the latency for real-time TTS? I remember kicking the tires several months back but went with one of the big 3 cloud providers since they had lower latency. I also like that the cloud provider supports SSML and I can explicitly configure the emotion, whereas Playht dynamically changed the emotion based on context of the text.

The latency is not real-time yet but we're working on getting it to near real time. Regarding controlling the voice, we've added a few params like rate, voice guidance and temperature but for the most part the emotion is dependent on the text for now.

The dream for scammers

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by WakoMan12 »

jeroenhd wrote: post #54

Listening to the demos I'm not entirely convinced by this ( https://playground.play.ht/listen/189 was pretty funny). I wonder if this company will end up taking down (and subsequently pricing out most people using this tech for fun) arbitrary voice generation just like its competitors have so far. Going to the demo page and hearing a random snippet of Musk-worship was pretty weird. Out of all audio tracks to place at…

AI can now generate youtube poops

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by iamthemonster »

mywacaday wrote: post #416
hammadh wrote: post #238

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, we intended the playground to be merely a testing tool for the new model we're building. We'll improve based on your feedback!

I noticed that when i put in the following text from the BBC as a test and it pronounces 2008 as "two thousand eight" but I believe most people would pronounce it as "two thousand and eight" Great work A billionaire's son, who fled to Yemen within hours of the death of a student in London 15 years ago, has admitted his involvement to the BBC. The body of Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was discovered under rubble in a Gre…

Two thousand eight = American English Two thousand and eight = UK and Australian English

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by eutropia »

barbariangrunge wrote: post #432
h1fra wrote: post #233

Congrats on launching. People already made a lot of feedback on the product itself so I'll keep mine. Just a few note on the UX: - Recording your own voice should contain a script too, that could help increase the quality of the sampling because I struggled to say anything relevant. - Recording again, there is no time so it's hard to say when it's okay to stop - You enforce the checkbox "not [...] to generate any sex…

The terms of service is terrifying for anybody who has a voice or anything of value they want made into speech > you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, r…

> irrevocable, perpetual,

Are complete, absolute, non-fucking-starters.

The rest, I roughly understand legally to an extent for actually "doing a SaaS with your voice" as being necessary.

HOWEVER.

I should be able to say "Stop using my voice" and there should be a default license duration equal to your paid subscription. If I have to occasionally click "By clicking this I certify that I renew the license under the originally agreed terms with a new duration" or something, fine, so be it.

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by mywacaday »

iamthemonster wrote: post #436
mywacaday wrote: post #416

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I noticed that when i put in the following text from the BBC as a test and it pronounces 2008 as "two thousand eight" but I believe most people would pronounce it as "two thousand and eight" Great work A billionaire's son, who fled to Yemen within hours of the death of a student in London 15 years ago, has admitted his involvement to the BBC. The body of Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was discovered under rubble in a Gre…

Two thousand eight = American English Two thousand and eight = UK and Australian English

I'm based in Europe and a native English speaker, I thought I was aware of most of the differences between UK/US English. I can't believe I have worked with Americans for decades and never noticed this. Live and learn!

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by twojacobtwo »

mikrotikker wrote: post #282
twojacobtwo wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We don't need to all be able to use the tech for it to be known publicly. Apply your same logic to any other easily misused tech: "We must all have easy access to bio-engineered viruses. Otherwise only..." "We all need to have access to nuclear weapons. Otherwise only..." Not all tech should be in everyone's hands.

Its a different kind of tech. A society changing tech that can be used surreptitiously. It needs to be in people faces in (for example) the form of over the top and ridiculous memes. That is not possible with or comparable to, things such as bioweapons.

That is a fair point. It is different in that it could be used without necessarily creating destructive ends. Ultimately though, once the majority of people are aware of the capabilities of the technology, is any good being done by still allowing it to be easily accessible? It seems that the value in spreading its use reduces proportionally to the population of people who are still ignorant of it, while the danger of its misuse rises with number of actors/users until fully effective, equally accessible countermeasures are in place. If that's accurate, then it seems that the plan you're advocating for increases danger as quickly as possible and keeps it high while the world works on mitigations.

Re: Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

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Post by jnwatson »

iamthemonster wrote: post #436
mywacaday wrote: post #416

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I noticed that when i put in the following text from the BBC as a test and it pronounces 2008 as "two thousand eight" but I believe most people would pronounce it as "two thousand and eight" Great work A billionaire's son, who fled to Yemen within hours of the death of a student in London 15 years ago, has admitted his involvement to the BBC. The body of Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was discovered under rubble in a Gre…

Two thousand eight = American English Two thousand and eight = UK and Australian English

American English traditionally uses an “and” to separate the whole from the fraction, e.g. two thousand eight and two thirds.
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