Tried a free AI voice cloning tool for a podcast test

I recorded a 2 minute sample of my voice and fed it into one of those free voice cloning models online. The result sounded like me if I had a stuffy nose and was reading a grocery list. It could not handle emotion or pacing at all. Has anyone tried a paid version that actually gets the tone right?

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ryanh7720d ago

Did you try whispering at it to see if it could handle that too? I messed with a free one once and it made me sound like a robot with a head cold reading warranty terms. The pitch was flat, pauses were all wrong, and any attempt at excitement came out like a confused monotone mumble. I'm skeptical paid versions are much better unless you're feeding them hours of your voice with different moods and volumes.

the_jade20d ago

Nah, I gotta push back a bit on that. I've used a couple of the paid ones for my podcast stuff and the difference is night and day. The free ones are garbage, sure. But the good paid ones let you adjust pitch, speed, and even add breathing sounds. I recorded like 50 sentences with different tones and it picked up on that way better than I expected. Whisper test? Yeah, it actually worked. Sounded quiet but not robotic.