Luxi Posted November 8, 2018 at 12:52 PM Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 at 12:52 PM Just when one thought Chinese news reporting couldn't get any worse... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46136504 Quote Xinhua News claims the presenter "can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor", though not everyone may agree... ...Xinhua says the presenters can "work" 24 hours a day on its website and social media channels, "reducing news production costs". The Chinese bot sounds much better than the (allegedly) English, but a 4 seconds sample without challenging words like 'Panama' (stress on 2nd syllable) isn't convincing enough 全球首个“AI合成主播”在新华社上岗 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 8, 2018 at 01:34 PM Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 at 01:34 PM 41 minutes ago, Luxi said: Xinhua News claims the presenter "can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor" Man, that's a low bar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vellocet Posted November 9, 2018 at 05:45 AM Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 at 05:45 AM Did it pass the highest level of Mandarin test? Otherwise it's illegal to read the news. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted November 9, 2018 at 06:47 AM Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 at 06:47 AM They programmed the English one to mispronounce Chinese words. Very realistic! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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