Rex: the voice of Gladys

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Hello,

Since the release of the feature to speak through Sonos speakers, I’ve been able to cut a lot of links tied to Node-RED. It’s really cool!
Now, live, it notifies me to change the filters on my devices or reminds me to take my medication. It’s perfect!

I just have one piece of feedback, and it’s not a small one. We don’t like the voice haha.
Wouldn’t it be possible to have a choice among multiple voices? Because every time my partner hears it speak I get: « you really need to change its voice ».

So, before switching back to my other TTS system, I wanted to know if there’s any possibility to have a choice or a vote on which voice to use?

I know it’s all a matter of taste and color, but for us it’s our daily life ^^’

Are we the only ones in this situation?

Thanks

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:slight_smile:

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I’m not really in favor of that kind of speech.
Especially since I agree with her.

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I agree that would be a really significant plus! :+1:

We often tend to personalize things that speak to us (Waze/Maps in particular), because it’s a criterion that can be a dealbreaker.

For me, it deserves a feature request!

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It was a joke @spenceur, it was a joke,

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Thank you for your feedback @spenceur :slight_smile:

Ah, too bad you don’t like the voice ^^

Can you try some tests on this interface and tell me if there’s one you like better?

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I was able to test 5 of them but:

Thanks for trying out our speech synthesis! You have reached the limit of available requests on the landing page. You can continue, for free, by signing-up to the platform.

I’ll continue later in private browsing ^^

For now we preferred george ^^’

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@pierre-gilles, I don’t get any sound (voice) from my Sonos anymore.
When I go through Node-RED there are no issues but nothing anymore through Gladys Plus.
Did you disable it?

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Personally, I don’t have that voice, but when I listen to the ones on the site, I think Matilda sounds pretty good.

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For info, during playback, on the Sonos app:

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And as a result the music doesn’t resume.

And no logs on the Gladys side

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Same, indeed

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And a female voice instead? ^^ For Gladys it’s better if it’s a woman’s voice anyway :smiley:

You’ve used up all the credits :joy:

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I’m clearly for the « Grace » voice myself after having tried pretty much everything. That said, even though I’m in favor of a female voice to match Gladys, I also think that, if technically possible, offering a choice of two or three female/male voices would be a real asset.
We have the chance to be able to (if technically possible) allow a bit of flexibility and openness, and we’re clearly in the realm of personal tastes and preferences here — plus the option to choose a pair. The risk is that some people won’t use it for that simple reason.

@pierre-gilles … you are the master of the keys ^^

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I’m in favor of a male or female voice (I’ll check the Grace voice tonight ^^)

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While we’re in beta for this feature, I prefer to stick to a very simple setup with a single voice :slight_smile:

We can change the current voice to a better one if you find one!

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Grace works for me — which voice is it currently? I’ll confirm with madam ^^

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Currently it’s Serena :slight_smile: (model « eleven_multilingual_v1 »)

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FYI I switched to « Grace » on the « v2 » model! :slight_smile:

I’d welcome your feedback, I hope this improves the voice quality!

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Hello,

I’m taking the liberty of bringing the topic up again. The chosen voice is good and the feature very useful in our daily lives.

That said, I find its speed is too fast, which makes the messages a bit directive / dry. Would it be possible to reduce the speed? (I checked on the ElevenLabs website, it’s possible via a slider)

Thanks for your feedback :slight_smile:

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Hi @PhilippeMA,

Do you have an example of a text that you find too fast? So I can run some tests