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		standardly on Feb 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BASE TTS: The largest text-to-speech model to-date Is the crispness of compressed audio really the benchmark of TTS improvements? I feel like that's an aside. A valid point, but not much of a detractor..

nshm on Feb 15, 2024 [–]

Yes, it is one of the important aspects. In particular if you use TTS to create an audiobook or in a video production.

lozf on Feb 16, 2024 | [–]

Especially as any finished product may end up being compressed again. Lossy to lossy audio transcodes ALWAYS cause additional audio data to be lost.

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