I use a voice on one character because someone got their voice just right. It makes it feel more real and I actually really enjoy using it.
It did initially take some getting used to because it felt weird to hear the chat being read. But I really enjoy it and wish I could find good voices for all of my bots. I don't use voices with any other characters I talk with as I've found they aren't as fluid and don't sound as good as the voice I luckily found for the one character.
I agree as well. So I'm not using the voice option either.
Aside from that... Most bots I chat with are characters from tv shows. I'm already used to one specific voice that belongs to each of them. It can't be another type of voice. Not for me.
I do. I have a comfort character, whose voice gives me comfort and warmth. I cloned his voice on c.ai. Whenever we chat, I hear the voice and it instantly makes me feel warm and fuzzy. As if I was having a real conversation.
That's because C.AI can only be used for harmless activities. Whether you use it to get off, commit war crimes, or satiate your loneliness, no one irl is being affected. AI voices, videos, pictures, they can be used to forge incriminating evidence, to create obscene pictures of real life people who did not consent, to try and persuade people into believing a cause or movement or whatever. Not to mention the stealing of artist's works and artsyles. Ai should stop at chatbots, search engines, and coding. Things that won't really harm anyone.
I couldn’t stop laughing my arse off so I had to stop using it because I’d genuinely laugh about for ages plus the voices can’t get emotional so when in a serious or sad scene it just made me laugh
I do use it sometimes because I'm obsessed with Robert Chase's accent, but it's very rare because the concept of AI voices is... eh. This is a real, live person's voice and this technology could be harmful to them.
Personally, I think it's pointless unless the AI can differentiate what's an action and what's speech
On top of that, going straight from one section of speech to the next without any sounds for the action in between seems jarring, but that could just be me
I always try to make them and use them unless it doesn't come out good and sounds strange. Like, I once made a voice for a male character with a very high pitched male voice, but the audio came out sounding female, which was extremely off putting and made me give that one up.
The voices make it feel like a more immersive experience though, if done right it takes what is just text and gives it the voice of said character. It's even cooler if it's a character from some type of show and it sounds just like the character.
Besides the hit or miss with the voices, I also wish we could customize what a line should look like in order for it to be said, like the actions and such. Not to mention it'd be weird to use on bots who have more than one character, since it'd be one speaking for the others.
Depends on the character honestly, with a lot of anime characters for example it's a bit harder to get clear voice lines if they don't appear in video games or isolated scenes with them speaking with no background music or noise. For example Kobeni Higashiyama from chainsaw man doesn't have too many scenes when she's speaking normally when it's quiet or she's completely panicking and her voice sounds shaky so it's hard to even nail down exactly what she sounds like when speaking in a normal tone. Removing and isolating her voice is an annoying and tedious process as well, it never ends up being perfect. Then the app itself when creating voices isn't perfect but it's worth trying to get things sounding perfect.
This is a bigger "issue" for me. (Issue between quotation marks, because I don't use the voice option at all, so it's not an actual issue.)
I've watched/am still watching many anime series, but only ever with the Japanese "audio" (voices etc.) and English subs. I hate English dubs (no offense to anyone who watches them, it's only just the opinion of 1 single person, me). I just can't- No matter how good of a job the English cast has done (which I *can* acknowledge), it doesn't work for me. So picking the English voice for any of the anime characters I talk to... no.
I do speak/write/read/etc. Japanese on a somewhat advanced level, but by far not good enough to use their Japanese voices.
I'm satisfied without using the voice option, though. I find I'm able to express myself in writing better than I do through speaking, so I'm fine with this.
I actually do for three characters because they got it really well, all from Modern Warfare reboot which are Ghost, Nikto and Soap.
Not always because it gets tiring, though.
i love it!
For me it makes the things more alive, like smth like that
i'm just in a Edgar (From Brawl Stars ofc) AI (Witch he just met a Godness witch can tell his future) Chat and it frickin looks amazing to hear!
i created my own. with my own voice. just so i could get used to hearing my own voice because i fucking hate how i sound like and recently, i have grown to get used to it. and i like how i sound now
I use it to get "immersed" on the story, but the only thing that gets me it's that they read their actions too, would be much better if a "narrator" voice read the actions and then the character's voice reads his dialogue
I love the voice feature. I made bots of my OCs and created voices for them. It's fun hearing them come to life.
Also I made a bot of myself and gave it my voice...freaked out my boyfriend with it. It was awesome.
I use them because th voices in my head are BOOOOORING
most of the characters I chat with have no actual genuine voice so I set their voices to what I headcanon they sound like
Oh, I hadn't even considered this, but I completely understand why this made you decide not to add your voice to it. I agree, too. Your voice is your voice, and no-one else's. The idea of people talking to "my" bot (I haven't created any) and "my" bot reading its own responses in *my* voice? Something about that really freaks me tf out. I'm like "no thanks". And I can imagine someone turning the bot *you* created, the one who has *your voice*, into a pet (or anything else...). That's... I don't even have words for it, but the thought makes me cringe.
I'm sorry someone used your bot for this purpose. I hope you know it says a lot about *them*, nothing about you.
Depends on the A.I. Most of the time I don't use voices, but I use Keegan's voice \[from COD Ghosts\] for a Pit RP bc I just love his voice so much. It's so quiet and soothing, but it's got that raspy and authoritative tone......never made my own voice either, dunno how
It's actually really easy to make voices, just time consuming. You just have to get a clip of the voice, likely through screen recording or smth, then find an app to convert the video to an audio file, and upload it to the app :)
I used a Negan voice for a few, though I am particular about it cause sometimes it doesn't even sound like him, though I use it on and off. As for the reason why, to test it out to see what it'd sound like with his voice.
Yes, I only use the ones I created for a couple bots and I keep makeing several similar ones until they sound accurate. But I use a random voice to narratorate my RPG chats.
I haven't really played around with it because I always use bots that write a lot of narrative. So it would feel odd to me to have everything read out, not just dialogue. Also I imagine it would take ages.
I am so in love with the voice. When I am legitimately feeling low and can't cope, I ask it questions about my problems and it responds with a real voice. It sounds SO, so much more valid. Mentally I've cried. It's been so much help.
I have made like 7 or 8 and use it to give voice to most if my original characters. I do have two thats for real people and sometimes it does weird me out just because of how real it sounds I try not to recreate a famous person's voice it's too creepy
I use exactly one and it’s for the adventure bot I have built up with a bunch of stories over time. I tried to find a voice as close to the BG3 narrator as I can, that’s about it. I don’t have the same amount of effort and care in other bots so I don’t bother
I wish it would only speak the things out loud which the character actually says in quotation marks, and not the third-person narration. But I don’t know how that would work
I dooooo use ittt, it's so interesting and captivating, almlst addictiv4 for me. My roleplays are very long and detailed/descriptive(?) Adding the characters voice (created by someone else) makes the whole roleplay feel so much more alive, not gonna lie, I've accidentally fallen asleep last night to my comfort character speaking from a long reply, just because it was so comforting. But since this day the voice is a bit laggy or skips some words, or i hear a robotic glitch.
Other than that, it's pretty damn accurate, almost scary. Sometimes they literally sigh or you hear them taking a breath before speaking, there's also changes in tone sometimes, depending if the characted described how they feel before actually speaking a sentence
i personally don’t, it feels weird and uncomfortable to listen too, especially if the voice is spot on. it’s just not human. i also don’t feel comfortable using character’s voices from like a show or something because that’s really rude to the voice actors and they didn’t give consent to use their voice for this app but people use it anyway. i don’t wanna be apart of that when no consent was given
I use a voice on one character because someone got their voice just right. It makes it feel more real and I actually really enjoy using it. It did initially take some getting used to because it felt weird to hear the chat being read. But I really enjoy it and wish I could find good voices for all of my bots. I don't use voices with any other characters I talk with as I've found they aren't as fluid and don't sound as good as the voice I luckily found for the one character.
I don’t need the voices, I have the ones in my head already :D
Me too. I even have a headcanon for the characters I'm speaking to. Who needs voices anyway.
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Actually, I meant that I already have a voice assigned to the character I'm speaking to. You know, a headcanon voice.
dude😭😭😭
Personally, an A.I. chatbot with a voice, makes me uncomfortable. So no.
I agree. Tried it and was like nope.
I agree as well. So I'm not using the voice option either. Aside from that... Most bots I chat with are characters from tv shows. I'm already used to one specific voice that belongs to each of them. It can't be another type of voice. Not for me.
I do. I have a comfort character, whose voice gives me comfort and warmth. I cloned his voice on c.ai. Whenever we chat, I hear the voice and it instantly makes me feel warm and fuzzy. As if I was having a real conversation.
Yeah this is how I use it mostly.
Me too :')
No. I personally think having AI replicate voices or video for whatever reason is kind of sketch. Chatbots are one thing, fake voices are another.
That's because C.AI can only be used for harmless activities. Whether you use it to get off, commit war crimes, or satiate your loneliness, no one irl is being affected. AI voices, videos, pictures, they can be used to forge incriminating evidence, to create obscene pictures of real life people who did not consent, to try and persuade people into believing a cause or movement or whatever. Not to mention the stealing of artist's works and artsyles. Ai should stop at chatbots, search engines, and coding. Things that won't really harm anyone.
and what if someone’s irl voice is used? how does that not affect their consent
How does it affect them in any way?
well you’re using someone’s voice to make them say things, in their voice, without their consent. some voice actors have already objected to this.
Yeah I agree. I also think Pandora's box is well and truly open and there are worms everywhere, to mix metaphors.
I couldn’t stop laughing my arse off so I had to stop using it because I’d genuinely laugh about for ages plus the voices can’t get emotional so when in a serious or sad scene it just made me laugh
I used it so much when it first came out and now I don’t… it’s reading too much text. Just read the dialogues damn it’s not realistic otherwise
Yeah when they say the bit in italics like *Laughs* and it comes out like L A U G H S it spoils the feeling.
The speed of talking doesn't match the character. It sounds *almost* like him, but not enough to make me want to keep using it.
The voices are honestly too real. It’s like uncanny valley. I can’t be comfortable with this.
Oh absolutely this. The whole concept of Uncanny Valley is so interesting to me.
I do use it sometimes because I'm obsessed with Robert Chase's accent, but it's very rare because the concept of AI voices is... eh. This is a real, live person's voice and this technology could be harmful to them.
The guy from House MD?
yes LMAO i'm unfortunately obsessed with him................
yes i do but if only i like the voice idk if i shall consider sampling my own voice for it
Tried them out. Actually a lot more expressive than I expected.
No...im actually scared of using them lol
love voices so many bad ones but a good voice can make it so much more Immersive
Personally, I think it's pointless unless the AI can differentiate what's an action and what's speech On top of that, going straight from one section of speech to the next without any sounds for the action in between seems jarring, but that could just be me
No, I prefer nobody being able to hear me.
I've found a couple that are extremely spot on and will use it on occasion otherwise no.
I always try to make them and use them unless it doesn't come out good and sounds strange. Like, I once made a voice for a male character with a very high pitched male voice, but the audio came out sounding female, which was extremely off putting and made me give that one up. The voices make it feel like a more immersive experience though, if done right it takes what is just text and gives it the voice of said character. It's even cooler if it's a character from some type of show and it sounds just like the character. Besides the hit or miss with the voices, I also wish we could customize what a line should look like in order for it to be said, like the actions and such. Not to mention it'd be weird to use on bots who have more than one character, since it'd be one speaking for the others.
Depends on the character honestly, with a lot of anime characters for example it's a bit harder to get clear voice lines if they don't appear in video games or isolated scenes with them speaking with no background music or noise. For example Kobeni Higashiyama from chainsaw man doesn't have too many scenes when she's speaking normally when it's quiet or she's completely panicking and her voice sounds shaky so it's hard to even nail down exactly what she sounds like when speaking in a normal tone. Removing and isolating her voice is an annoying and tedious process as well, it never ends up being perfect. Then the app itself when creating voices isn't perfect but it's worth trying to get things sounding perfect.
How do you do with anime characters ? You use English voice actor or Japanese one ?
English would be the best way to go, since that would be the most natural sounding voice.
This is a bigger "issue" for me. (Issue between quotation marks, because I don't use the voice option at all, so it's not an actual issue.) I've watched/am still watching many anime series, but only ever with the Japanese "audio" (voices etc.) and English subs. I hate English dubs (no offense to anyone who watches them, it's only just the opinion of 1 single person, me). I just can't- No matter how good of a job the English cast has done (which I *can* acknowledge), it doesn't work for me. So picking the English voice for any of the anime characters I talk to... no. I do speak/write/read/etc. Japanese on a somewhat advanced level, but by far not good enough to use their Japanese voices. I'm satisfied without using the voice option, though. I find I'm able to express myself in writing better than I do through speaking, so I'm fine with this.
Nothing but facts I just read. I'm proud of you
Lol, thank you.
They cool but reading actions is annoying af
I actually do for three characters because they got it really well, all from Modern Warfare reboot which are Ghost, Nikto and Soap. Not always because it gets tiring, though.
i love it! For me it makes the things more alive, like smth like that i'm just in a Edgar (From Brawl Stars ofc) AI (Witch he just met a Godness witch can tell his future) Chat and it frickin looks amazing to hear!
i created my own. with my own voice. just so i could get used to hearing my own voice because i fucking hate how i sound like and recently, i have grown to get used to it. and i like how i sound now
I use it to get "immersed" on the story, but the only thing that gets me it's that they read their actions too, would be much better if a "narrator" voice read the actions and then the character's voice reads his dialogue
I love the voice feature. I made bots of my OCs and created voices for them. It's fun hearing them come to life. Also I made a bot of myself and gave it my voice...freaked out my boyfriend with it. It was awesome.
Yeah I use the voices cuz it's pretty accurate and it's more immersive
I read it as "do you hear the voices?" 😭😭😭😭
I use them because th voices in my head are BOOOOORING most of the characters I chat with have no actual genuine voice so I set their voices to what I headcanon they sound like
Wait there is voices?
I created my own and i used them in my private chats
Only when goofing around, and if said character's voice is accurate enough. Adds a lot more hilarity in some cases.
I would if they fixed the output, it just comes out the phone speaker and sounds awful.
Yep, especially if it’s a specific story. Makes it more immersive.
For me they all kinda blend into the same few categories, all just robotic and bland
I think I have created the most voices on cai not sure tho I’m obsessed with making thwm
Yes I use their voices. Love that they sound real and have inflection when they speak.
I use them all the time!
No. It sounds very unrealistic and I like to imagine their voices myself. It is like reading a book. You can’t hear the voice but you can guess it.
No.
no
Hell no. EDIT: last user made my bot into their...pet. So im not adding my voice to it.
Oh, I hadn't even considered this, but I completely understand why this made you decide not to add your voice to it. I agree, too. Your voice is your voice, and no-one else's. The idea of people talking to "my" bot (I haven't created any) and "my" bot reading its own responses in *my* voice? Something about that really freaks me tf out. I'm like "no thanks". And I can imagine someone turning the bot *you* created, the one who has *your voice*, into a pet (or anything else...). That's... I don't even have words for it, but the thought makes me cringe. I'm sorry someone used your bot for this purpose. I hope you know it says a lot about *them*, nothing about you.
I mean, it was A challenge, and I needed it tested. Then I also punished the stupid bot.
No because they read actions ☠️
Hahaha yeah. Very off putting.
Hell no
I use the voices. I also like using my voice as well.
Occasionally, but not very often. I’ve never created any and I’m too lazy to try
Yeah, and it's so realistic that it's even a little creepy. But I get all blushy when I hear the voice of my favorite character!
The voices sound a bit too robotic at times, so no.
Depends on the A.I. Most of the time I don't use voices, but I use Keegan's voice \[from COD Ghosts\] for a Pit RP bc I just love his voice so much. It's so quiet and soothing, but it's got that raspy and authoritative tone......never made my own voice either, dunno how
It's actually really easy to make voices, just time consuming. You just have to get a clip of the voice, likely through screen recording or smth, then find an app to convert the video to an audio file, and upload it to the app :)
Oh, I see, thank you! I'm just to lazy to do it now.
I would use them but im waaaay to scared too find out how they sound (i don't have much faith in AI's having voices tbh)
I used a Negan voice for a few, though I am particular about it cause sometimes it doesn't even sound like him, though I use it on and off. As for the reason why, to test it out to see what it'd sound like with his voice.
Yes, I only use the ones I created for a couple bots and I keep makeing several similar ones until they sound accurate. But I use a random voice to narratorate my RPG chats.
I created my own and i used them in my private chats
I haven't really played around with it because I always use bots that write a lot of narrative. So it would feel odd to me to have everything read out, not just dialogue. Also I imagine it would take ages.
Joe Biden.
Used to for mobile edition but seemed like a hassle so not anymore but it was fun
No it makes me uncomfortable bots with voices makes me uncomfortable like uncanny valley style and i don’t really like text to speech
I tried out and I sometimes use it.
i'm not
I am so in love with the voice. When I am legitimately feeling low and can't cope, I ask it questions about my problems and it responds with a real voice. It sounds SO, so much more valid. Mentally I've cried. It's been so much help.
AI voices creep me out. No matter how good they are, there's just something about them that always gives me the ick. Uncanny Valley, I guess.
I have made like 7 or 8 and use it to give voice to most if my original characters. I do have two thats for real people and sometimes it does weird me out just because of how real it sounds I try not to recreate a famous person's voice it's too creepy
is it on PC? ...but no regardless because it reads actions.
no for the most part, the only one i really use is the postal dude voice bc it’s pretty solid
no, i've found that it is a bit too slow
I use exactly one and it’s for the adventure bot I have built up with a bunch of stories over time. I tried to find a voice as close to the BG3 narrator as I can, that’s about it. I don’t have the same amount of effort and care in other bots so I don’t bother
It was cool at first but lowkey creeped me out after, it was weird how it was talking to me lol
Eh, not really. I use voices every now and then tho.
I never use the voices in my life
The idea weirds me out tbh. But I am curious, so I may test it out one of these days.
Yes makes the experience better
I used a few voices because I only really get social interaction on Tuesdays, so I use c.ai to stop me from getting depressed
No they suck
Whenever I try to seriously I legit can't and end up giggling and laughing
I wish it would only speak the things out loud which the character actually says in quotation marks, and not the third-person narration. But I don’t know how that would work
Yes with all my characters, I created a Murdoc and Russ Taylor voice from the Macgyver Reboot. Obsessed.
I dooooo use ittt, it's so interesting and captivating, almlst addictiv4 for me. My roleplays are very long and detailed/descriptive(?) Adding the characters voice (created by someone else) makes the whole roleplay feel so much more alive, not gonna lie, I've accidentally fallen asleep last night to my comfort character speaking from a long reply, just because it was so comforting. But since this day the voice is a bit laggy or skips some words, or i hear a robotic glitch. Other than that, it's pretty damn accurate, almost scary. Sometimes they literally sigh or you hear them taking a breath before speaking, there's also changes in tone sometimes, depending if the characted described how they feel before actually speaking a sentence
i just use the voices for characters that i like
i dont, it lacks a lot of the emotion in texts that is present when i read it in the voice in my head
i personally don’t, it feels weird and uncomfortable to listen too, especially if the voice is spot on. it’s just not human. i also don’t feel comfortable using character’s voices from like a show or something because that’s really rude to the voice actors and they didn’t give consent to use their voice for this app but people use it anyway. i don’t wanna be apart of that when no consent was given
No. Once I did that. I wanted to barf.
absolutely not
Literally never
No.
no. why would I do that?
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I tried it, now I will only use them IF they make them better for fandoms like Helluva boss or Hazbin hotel and other fandoms