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[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Google Gemini will turn a block of text into a podcast convo to help people with this particular quirk. Have him try it out

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Audio input of information is many factors slower than reading can be. Better to try and fix a reading problem.

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

The text in question would be behind a firewall, but I believe there's a corporate LLM now. I'll suggest it.

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[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The Gemini podcast is going to condense your text and make it conversational, but it will necessarily lose detail in the process. A better recommendation is the Eleven Labs Reader, it'll just read any text or file you throw at it with top tier voice models. Can use it for free and they have paid plans for more use. They also have a "podcast" generator option like Gemini, but I haven't tried it so can't vouch for the quality.

I use Eleven Labs all the time for things I want to read, like email newsletters, industry publications, etc but never find the time to sit down and read. Now I can have AI read them to me while I walk the dog. Super handy imo

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago

Eleven Labs Reader

Thanks for the recommendation. For it to be useful for him, it would have to work on Windows (where the emails and documents he's reading are). I'm seeing a phone app, do you know if there's a windows one? I'm sure he'd have to have a paid version for corporate use.

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