Vocoder, Haskins Laboratories, Speech synthesis, Human voice, Joe Rogan, Assistive technology

On May 16, 2019
@kastnerkyle shared
RT @dessa: 🔥📢 #RealTalk: You aren't going to believe this, but trust us, it's real. Major props to our ML Engineers Hash, Joe and Ray! Tell your friends, everyone. https://t.co/FVN35mpN1N
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RealTalk: This Speech Synthesis Model Our Engineers Built Recreates a Human Voice Perfectly (Part I)

…and it’s the voice of Joe Rogan. Prepare to be amazed! Note: Part 2 of the blog will provide a technical overview, stay tuned.

On May 16, 2019
@kastnerkyle shared
RT @dessa: 🔥📢 #RealTalk: You aren't going to believe this, but trust us, it's real. Major props to our ML Engineers Hash, Joe and Ray! Tell your friends, everyone. https://t.co/FVN35mpN1N
Open

RealTalk: This Speech Synthesis Model Our Engineers Built Recreates a Human Voice Perfectly (Part I)

…and it’s the voice of Joe Rogan. Prepare to be amazed! Note: Part 2 of the blog will provide a technical overview, stay tuned.

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Audio Sample from "FastSpeech: Fast, Robust and Controllable Text to Speech"

ArXiv: arXiv:1905.09263 Reddit Discussions: Click me Authors Yi Ren* (Zhejiang University) [email protected] Yangjun Ruan* (Zhejiang University) [email protected] Xu Tan (Microsoft ...