British accent review time!

"Nature Show Host": not David Attenborough, surprisingly

"Compelling Lady": nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday

"Upset Girl": this is more the voiceover that would be used on depressing animal charity adverts

"Magnetic Man": you can't fool me, that's an American

"Patient Man": patience gives you reverb. The word "British" is spoken with a very non-British accent.

Not to be all Henry Higgins, but these are all "placeless" accents and there are no regional accent options. I was looking forward to trying Computer Mancunian. But I can see why for marketing voiceover people want "global neutral British".

UX review: "failed to generate speech". Only the example phrases work.

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dpoloncsak an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I just want to be able to speak like James Acaster.

Kettering accent generator when :(

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arethuza 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I tried to get it to generate a hearty "Fit like min?" - no luck.

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happymellon 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Patient man, sounds a little Welsh, maybe some Indian twangs in there too?

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abanana 31 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

To me (I'm Welsh)⁯ the Indian twang sounds clear, but there are some odd similarities between Welsh and Indian accents.

Upset Girl isn't "natural sounding". It's a voice I feel I've heard in AI demos before.

	▲	happymellon 23 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Upset girl is dodgy American imitation of nondescript home counties. The sort of foreign "actresses trying to be Lara Croft" sort of thing.
	▲	happymellon 16 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I think the Welsh for me is when Patient Man says "audio".

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shrubby 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I tried Irvine Welsh so perhaps the wrong kind of Welsh, but I got a generator error while trying to ask for Mark Hunt having a pint.