Post by DarkBloodbane in We used AI to voice characters in our visual novel. What do you think of this?

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I've listened to the voice from the video and although it does sound good as expected, the intonations are wrong in multiple times. Gives wrong impression to me.

Personally when it comes to voice acting, I could care less if it's from real person or AI, I have no favorite voice actor anyways. If the speeches are carried properly with correct intonations and consistency, I'd give them a pass.

Do you believe AI voiceover is preferable to no voiceover (including the option to disable it)?

If the voiceover is as bad as in this example, I rather disable it and use my imagination instead.

Should the game notify the player that an AI voiceover is being used?

There's no need.

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Carnivore Mors Interactive1 year ago(+1)

Thank you very much for your response! Again, we decided to include such a voiceover because I know there are visually impaired people who rely on screen narrators to read for them, and I believe that adding different voices would provide a much better experience for them. It is obviously only an option; it is not even enabled by default. It's a visual novel, so you should read it.

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Hugues Ross1 year ago

This raises a question actually–are screen readers able to read the game’s options? Because if not, sufficiently visually-impaired players may have trouble regardless.

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Carnivore Mors Interactive1 year ago

Oh, wow, what an excellent point! I thought it would be a great idea for the game to force you to select a mode before it starts, and if you select the "visually impaired" mode, even the options are voiced. Thank you for your suggestion; there is a lot to consider!

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