Making my own text to speech software

Hello! Welcome back to the channel! Today, we're going to be doing something interesting—a little science experiment. I've been experimenting with a ton of text-to-speech algorithms that mimic my voice, but they all seem kind of [__] and I think I could do better.

For example, I've tried Descript, but everything it says is really monotone. I've also tried 11 Labs, which doesn't sound like me at all and is also mentally unhinged. Surely, it can't be that hard, so let's get to work!

So, here's the plan: all I need to do is record a different sound for every letter in the alphabet and then map that to whatever text we need to say. That's it! Why is it so hard? What's the problem?

After coding that completely by hand, all that's left to do is record the entire alphabet of sounds:

ah
buh
duh
eh
what's after F? [scratches head]

Okay, let's do a quick test. Let's try the classic: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

Alright, that was for reference, so let's see how it goes.

It's beautiful! It's perfect! Oh my god, wow! I didn't expect such great success on the first try. Let's run it back—what else do we have? Um... I don't know. It's beautiful. There is so much more I can do to improve this, but I will do none of that because [] that [], it's perfect the way it is. Bullets. [Music] Her ass. Eat. ER.

Keywords

Text-to-Speech
Algorithm
Voice Mimicry
Descript
11 Labs
Alphabet Sounds
Coding
Science Experiment
Quick Brown Fox

FAQ

Q: What text-to-speech algorithms did you try? A: I tried Descript and 11 Labs.

Q: Why did you decide to make your own text-to-speech software? A: Because the existing ones I tried didn't work well; Descript was monotone and 11 Labs didn't sound like me and seemed unstable.

Q: What was your method for creating the text-to-speech software? A: I recorded a different sound for every letter in the alphabet and mapped that to the corresponding text.

Q: How did the first test turn out? A: Surprisingly well. It was beautiful and perfect the way it is.

Q: Are you planning to make further improvements? A: No, I am satisfied with the result and don't plan to make any improvements.

Q: What test phrase did you use for the initial test run? A: I used "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."