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AI Audio Consistency
I have yet to see anyone encountering this within Rise, so I guess I'll be the first. Same issue: What can we do about inconsistent/incorrect speech? I've been battling with the word "wind", like to rotate (on its own as well as the word "backwind"). I'd love to just change the wording, but these are industry-related, technical terms. I've tried the following- 1. Regenerating the speech. I'm up to probably my 20th time or more maybe; 2. Phonetic spelling. That came out horribly; and 3. I even tried changing the order of the words from "Wind and unwind" to "Unwind and wind" with the hope it would somehow catch on from the preceding word. It did NOT! HELP! Thanks, all. 😁
Hi RahnTabron-5904!
Sorry to hear you're having trouble with AI Text-to-Speech in Rise 360!
Currently, Rise does not support full Speech Synthesis Markup Language. Because of that, controlling description, pronunciation, or inserting phonetic hints is more limited. I've shared your feedback, and pain points directly with our product team!
I understand you're limited to certain industry terms. However, if you can slightly tweak the wording (without losing meaning) to a term that’s unambiguous for TTS, you may reduce errors. Eg: instead of “wind” to mean “rotate”, perhaps “rotate”, “turn clockwise”, “wind up/down”. Whichever fits your use case best. Sometimes adding a short hint around the term can nudge the engine. Eg: “To wind (that is, to rotate) the mechanism…” or “When you backwind (rotate backwards) the spool. This may help disambiguate the pronunciation.
Also, different voices will pronounce ambiguous words differently (especially if the voice has a different regional accent or emphasis). If possible, I suggest trying a few voices and comparing the results.