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Ask HN: What's SOTA for AI Voice Narration

A user on Hacker News asks for state-of-the-art AI voice narration tools after finding ElevenLabs' output flat and inconsistent for character voice acting, and after a disappointing experience with a human voice actor. The user seeks a solution that can carry emotional tone for 40 lines of dialogue.

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I need some character voice acting for an animation I'm making. The response from people when I used Elevenlabs was that it felt flat and characters were inconsistent.

I was previously using the voice reference on seedance 2.0, but obviously that's limited to 15 seconds, and I have 40 lines I have to go through

Finally I just spent $75 on a human voice actor for subpar work that I can't use

Anyways, is there anything better than elevenlabs right now to carry emotional tone or is it still SOTA?

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48726190](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48726190)

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