In eLearning, when we use narration we usually record our own voices or we use expert voiceover artists. We used to consider computer voices, especially text-to-speech (TTS) voices, useful mostly for those with vision impairments. Of course, each of those devices tends to use one voice only and, in most cases, has a limited vocabulary so it’s not difficult to optimize each one to sound its best. And it's certainly easier for me to send an error-free text if I dictate the text to my phone with my voice rather than fumbling with the on-screen keyboard with my big thumbs! Even some of our kitchen appliances and our cars seem to have found a voice. We are now using devices in our homes like Alexa, Cortana, and Google Home, which are doing the same-and we don't seem to mind so much that they're always listening. Our phones now talk to us with voices that sound almost human, so much so that we can have simple conversations with them that sound natural. You’re familiar with computer-generated voices.
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