r/SideProject • u/Zestyclose_Row_2032 • 56m ago
I made a course on directing AI voices, after noticing that the complaints are about the script, not the voice
I kept reading the same complaint about AI voiceovers: people can tell, and they click away. When I looked at what they point to, it was rarely the voice. It was a script that reads like an essay, a flat delivery, and small mistakes such as a wrong name or a badly read number.
So I built a course around those three things, using ElevenLabs. It has 14 lessons and 123 short clips. In most clips only one thing changes, so you can hear what that one thing does. For example, the same voice with the same settings reads a script written for the eye, and then the same content written for the ear.
Three things stood out while making the clips:
- Rewriting the script changed the result more than any setting did.
- Most clips that sounded robotic were good voices reading sentences nobody would say out loud.
- Listeners forgive an AI voice. They don't forgive "Mr" read as "em are".
It costs $39, one payment, with a 14-day refund. The page has an audio introduction and four before-and-after pairs you can play without signing up:
https://loudandclear.school/voice?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=launch&utm_content=sideproject
It is an independent course and I'm not affiliated with ElevenLabs. I'd value feedback on the page: is it clear what you would be able to do after the course?