This is what happens when your phone downloads podcasts when in a non-English-speaking country. Now I'm very curious to know what this is all about. Perhaps a trip to #ElevenLabs is in-order, but... How will it translate the chicken?

AI-Generated Audiobooks Gain Momentum with Eleven Labs and Spotify Partnership: Self-Publishing with ALLi Featuring Dan Holloway https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-ai-generated-audiobooks/ #Spotifyaudiobookdistribution #AI-generatedaudiobooks #audiobookpublishing #text-to-speechAI #FindawayVoices #ElevenLabs #Podcast

Oh yeah! ElevenLabs has finally added a slider to make the AI voice speak faster! Frosthera will be a little better this time!

(for those who don't know: I use this AI clone to imitate a voice I can't anymore do since a throat operation)

Nächste Woche darf ich wieder einen #Workshop "#KI für Lehrlinge" halten und teste mich gerade durch ein paar Modelle durch. Perplexity als Such-Hilfe ist schon sehr cool. Zum Thema Stimm-Generierung hab ich grad einen Text parallel in #Elevenlabs und in #Google Notebook LM geschoben und ... also was Google aus dem Vorwort der kommenden Auflage von #NaUndDasBuch gemacht hat, ist mehr als creepy. Und das von Google vorgelesen zu kriegen #Privacy #Datenschutz #DigitaleSouveränität

#AI is an amazing technology that has the potential to change people’s life for better. And we have a duty of keeping it open, accoutable and out of corporate greed if we don’t it to turn into a Black Mirror episode.

Take the example of those with debilitating muscular diseases who slowly lose control over their limbs and voices.

At the current stage a good AI model only needs a few seconds of someone’s voice in audio format to realistically replicate that voice.

That’s awful from the perspective of fake news generation (you can easily generate videos of Obama or Modi saying anything you want them to say and share them on social media), but amazing when it comes to giving back a voice to those who lost it.

#ElevenLabs is one of the companies that sells such technologies. And just like they can give you back your voice, they can take it away from you at any moment. All it takes is for you to use your voice clone to send an audio clip to your spouse saying “come on hun, get your arse in gear!”

The company has access to everything you say, it applies the dullest and dumbest moderation rules to it, and it’ll ban you if you speak any profanity - even if it’s an innocent nudge to your spouse.

It’s important to raise awareness about these faceless and privacy-invasive companies so everyone steers away from them.

And it’s important that such models are released in the open so competition can naturally trim out the bad weeds - if a company that “owns” your new voice invades your privacy or applies stupid moderation rules to your everyday interactions, then you should be able to walk away to a comparable competitor, or, if you have the skills, also host the model yourself.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/14/1111900/ai-voice-clone-say-arse-then-banned/

A modern-day nursery rhyme for the current situation because I was bored. #ElevenLabs

So @omnivore got acquired, and will delete all your data in a bit over 2 weeks (November 15).

They aren't even letting users migrate data into the ElevenReader app that they are so excited about.

Note that when exporting your data:
- PDFs are text-dumped into HTML pages
- highlights lose location info
- images in exported articles (html) link to Omnivore servers, so will disappear soon
#omnivore #elevenlabs

Und damit verschwindet ein weiterer exzellenter #OpenSource-Service im #AI-Nirvana...

#Omnivore, einer der besten #ReadItLater-Services, ist damit faktisch tot und geht über zu #ElevenLabs, bis zum 15.11.24 können die Daten noch exportiert werden, dann werden sie gelöscht → https://blog.omnivore.app/p/omnivore-is-joining-elevenlabs #KI

Wer kennt freie Alternativen?

48 hours after I finally caught up on my RSS feeds, putting things I want to read in #Omnivore, they announce they've been acquired by #ElevenLabs and will shut down hosting in 2 weeks. I'm searching for another #FOSS read-it-later and newsletter aggregation app.

https://blog.omnivore.app/p/omnivore-is-joining-elevenlabs

Exciting news for the blind and visually impaired community! ElevenLabs has partnered with HarperCollins to create audiobooks for deep backlist series that might have remained unheard of.

This is a game-changer! AI-driven text-to-speech technology is transforming books into audio versions that would have been too costly or time-consuming to produce otherwise. Now, more stories come alive in audio, opening up a world of choices for those of us who love to listen.

Reduced costs & speedier production mean audiobooks can be made in just an hour! This is perfect for turning out more titles in non-English markets, giving blind and visually impaired readers access to a broader range of stories, cultures, and languages.

And it’s not just about quantity—it’s about quality too! The ability to select or design specific voices makes these audiobooks more engaging, bringing each story to life in a unique way. It’s AI working its magic, ensuring that everyone, regardless of vision, can enjoy a rich literary experience.

This partnership shows how AI can be a true force for good, making literature more inclusive and accessible. It’s all about bringing people closer to the joy of stories, one audiobook at a time!

#Accessibility #AudiobooksForAll #Blind #AIForGood #InclusiveTech #ElevenLabs #HarperCollins #VisuallyImpaired #BooksForEveryone

It's really strange to have @MoonCat reading me BBC news articles in the #ElevenLabs reader app.

I did another of these #ElevenLabs speech-to-speech things over music, this time Super Mario Bros 'Running about' music, with my daughter Alice as the voice. What a crazy onomatopoeia moment.

Warning. Do not drink and listen to this. Just don't. You have been actually warned.

What happens when @jakobrosin suggests trying #ElevenLabs Speech to Speech on music, and then mixing the music back in afterward? Well, a lot of stupid, stupid things.
I did this with the Wii's Mii channel, and with Martin Jarvis who reads Just William stories as the speaker? If you could call it that.
Some very very silly noises are to be found within.

I'm not a fan of TTS audio description, but if it was done by a good #ElevenLabs voice, I confess I wouldn't mind at all.

Eleven Labs Reader is now available internationally.
#ElevenLabs

A friend asked me to demo the sound effects I've made with #ElevenLabs. This ended up longer than I thought, so have almost 20 minutes of random noises, music and utterances that make absolutely no sense. Enjoy.
https://onj.me/media/Eleven_Labs_Sound_Effects_Demonstration.mp3