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Strypey@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz (2026-10-16 10:03:07)
@icedquinn
> i don't know of any humans that are willing to voice act 8+ hours of an audiobook ... for free

We've had perfectly functional text>speech since the 1980s (I used S.A.M on a Commodore 64 FFS). So this comes under the category of tasks that can be done with more deterministic forms of AI.

Using a generative model is using an elephant gun to shoot a fly.

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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-10-16 10:14:38)
@strypey @icedquinn seriously fucking suggesting that SAM is suitable for narrating an audio book lol