Four registers, one language.
Every clip below was written in Chinese rather than translated from English, because a translated sentence reads like a translation no matter who narrates it. Storytelling, teaching, announcing and plain conversation - the four jobs most scripts actually are.
How natural is AI Chinese text to speech? Judge it on the awkward parts: sentence-final intonation, numbers, and where the breath lands. Play any clip and read along with the script beside it.
Storytelling
故事从一个每天傍晚都会停电的村子开始。没人真觉得这是坏事——最要紧的话,往往都是在黑暗里说的。
Lesson
这个单元我们讲三件事:数据怎么收集,怎么解读,以及最重要的——什么时候不该相信它。
Announcement
新版本从今天起对所有人开放。写好脚本,挑一个声音,然后在同一个项目里直接导出视频。
Conversational
问题不在工具。问题是脚本放在这儿,音频放在那儿,字幕又在一个谁都找不到的文件里。