Text-to-speech tech has moved on from the angry robot talk of Steven Hawking's voice box, but most of it still lingers in an uncanny place short of natural. YouTuber Alex's unsettling ability to impersonate it should take him far. Do some prank calls, Alex!
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7:13 am Tue
Apr 9, 2019
Perfect impression of a contemporary text-to-speech bot
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