Voice-Pro
Creative
voice cloning
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
9 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 29 critical, out of 61 comments about the project. Thread score -0.26.
Idea: 7 for, 10 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 11 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interest in cloning own voice for audiobooks without subscription fees
From 1 comment
I don't have much real use for celebrity voices (other than fun experimentation), but I'd love to be able to clone my own voice and character voices for the purposes of creating…
shannifin on HN
Objections
Enables voice scams and impersonation of vulnerable people
From 3 comments
These tools make it very easy to scam vulnerable people, and have pretty limited use otherwise.
muglug on HN> Imagine creating a podcast where Mark Zuckerberg interviews Elon Musk – using their actual voices? I'm imagining it. It sucks to imagine. I'm imagining it being used to scam…
whaaaaat on HNI'm with the nay-sayers. Your product doesn't bring any good to this world, but it does make it easier to harm people. It's a disgrace.
tgv on HN
Possible copyright evasion by reproducing others' content
From 1 comment
This tech is not only great for bulldozing grandma, its great at stealing content from other creators and rebranding it as your own. Based on the github, it kind of seems like…
weq on HN
No Linux or macOS support
From 3 comments
> Linux and Mac OS are not supported Well, that's a big old fail. Just a reminder: The given (and proper) home of open source is on an open source OS.
pmarreck on HNWithout Linux support it is going to have a very limited audience.
aboardRat4 on HNProject looks interesting. Are there short term plans to support MacOS? If not, any recommendations for alternative projects?
safeimp on HN
Windows Defender warnings and suspicious install script
From 2 comments
> Windows Defender may give a warning about untrusted application and disallow further execution of Voice-Pro. If SmartScreen security level is set to "Warn", just click "More…
wutwutwat on HNThanks for sharing this! But I have some doubts about hidden installation procedures. It imports all functions from one_click (from one_click import *), which points to a…
bguberfain on HN
Requests
Support for macOS
From 1 comment
Project looks interesting. Are there short term plans to support MacOS? If not, any recommendations for alternative projects?
safeimp on HN
Speech-to-speech support
From 1 comment
Is there speech to speech? I have been hoping for a model I can use to do voice acting with inflection
jncfhnb on HN
Real-time latency information
From 1 comment
Great stuff well done. What is your latency for real time Audio?
grahamgooch on HN
Questions
Is there anything new compared to existing F5-TTS and yt-dlp/Whisper combinations?
From 1 comment
I'm looking down the comments, but not really seeing much about what this actually is, by my very quick look, it's a front end for f5-tts with a yt-dlp and whisper? Is there…
youngNed on HN
Why a web UI instead of a native desktop app?
From 1 comment
Looks cool! Also, is there a reason you went with a Web-UI instead of making a native desktop app?
joshdavham on HN
Alternatives named
ElevenLabs
From 1 comment
Just heads up, this is a trail, you have to pay to use it after 30mins.. Easier and (cheaper?) to just use elevenlabs.
wingworks on HN
open-dubbing
From 1 comment
If you are looking for automatic dubbing without voice cloning: https://github.com/Softcatala/open-dubbing
jordimash on HN
whisper-at
From 1 comment
Have you considered supporting whisper-at - https://github.com/YuanGongND/whisper-at ? Being able to identify sounds on a timeline can be useful e.g. politicians speech and how…
harryf on HN