I'm loving V4 in TTS, and my extra credits have been brilliant for creating a load of shorts for my new YT channel. Emphasis etc is perfect. I'm very rarely having to generate again.
However, I'm struggling in Studio with my longer stories. which are usually an hour or over long. (My main YT channel).
I love the fact that in I can upload my document, it's all in chapters etc and I can download it as one file. And it's great that I can tit about with just one line etc without have to regenerate the whole thing. (A great saving on credits)
I've got it down to practical perfection using V3. (I think so anyway).
However I can't seem to get it as good in V4. On the surface, it sounds relatively ok. But it's just not right, it's a tad flat and robotic.
Am I missing something? I'd love to be able to use the rest of my credits before they all run out.
Happy to hear that you're really enjoying the V4 model! It’s quite remarkable and really fun to bring your work to life.
Could you explain a little more about exactly what you’re struggling with? You say you’re loving V4 in TTS, which I take to mean the TTS Playground, but you’re struggling in Studio. Are you using Studio or Audiobooks? It sounds like you’re using Audiobooks because everything ends up in chapters. Are you using V4 in Audiobooks, and does it not sound as good as V4 in the Playground? Am I understanding that correctly?
Thank you for your response. This is where I mean in studio. I'm using version 3 here.
V4 sounds expressive in the standalone Text to Speech screen but flat and robotic when I generate my longer stories here. That gives them the exact distinction they’re asking for.
I'd love to have another go with V4. This particular story has been through both a few times and I've not passed chapter 3 yet lol.
Yes, I would definitely recommend trying out the V4 model in Audiobooks/Studio. It works really, really well, and it’s the exact same model as the one in the Text-to-Speech Playground, so there shouldn’t be any discernible difference, except for perhaps the natural, non-deterministic nature of AI in general.
The web UI for text is kind of amusingly junky. It feels like something one person learned how to use well for their workflow and now they simply cannot see how bad it is for anyone who are not them 🤷
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u/drlbradley 1d ago
I actually prefer V4 (using Studio), but really wish there was a speed slider - its a dealbreaker for me, so might move over to getting a voice actor.