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Jay Dougherty

Jay Dougherty

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Please subscribe to the new Open Arts Forum YouTube channel. I'm going to be experimenting over the coming days and weeks with putting out audio readings of member works (with permission, of course)--and music and art, whatever works there. I've discovered an AI service that essentially produces audiobooks from texts, so I'll be using that, as it does a better job than I could myself.

https://www.youtube.com/@openartsforum

You can see a first attempt at this with Lance's "Peaceful World" story:

 
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Trish Saunders said:
I wouldn't a poem of mine narrated like that. (Of course, I"m not saying it would necessarily be chosen!)
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I get it. I'm not against AI if it can do a better job than I can, and in this case, it can. On the other hand, if someone wants to narrate their own work, that's fine.

Over the years, I've listened to a lot of poets reading their own work. Most of them do a poor job, in my view. There's a difference between being a good reader and being a good writer. They're really different skills. Some of the great writers I could barely listen to as they read their own works. They almost ruin the works for me, in fact. :)

But yeah, I try to keep up with technology. It's fun for me. That's the reason this place exists, actually.
 
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Jay Dougherty said:
I get it. I'm not against AI if it can do a better job than I can, and in this case, it can. On the other hand, if someone wants to narrate their own work, that's fine.

Over the years, I've listened to a lot of poets reading their own work. Most of them do a poor job, in my view. There's a difference between being a good reader and being a good writer. They're really different skills. Some of the great writers I could barely listen to as they read their own works. They almost ruin the works for me, in fact. :)

But yeah, I try to keep up with technology. It's fun for me. That's the reason this place exists, actually.
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I am trying to overcome my misgivings, or bias, against AI...recognizing that it's not going away. I would never read aloud my poems, and I've been invited to, I just wont' do it.

Thanks for all you do for this place, Jay.
 
Trish Saunders said:
I am trying to overcome my misgivings, or bias, against AI...recognizing that it's not going away. I would never read aloud my poems, and I've been invited to, I just wont' do it.
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It's a tool, and as with any tool, you have to know how to use it and not take what it gives you blindly. But for creators it's pretty impressive. My musican friends and I have been using a tool called Suno, for example, and it has really helped us greatly with songs that needed a change and we couldn't figure out where to take it. So it's like an assistant.

If you want me to try ElevenLabs with one of your pieces, let me know. Nothing gets published without your say-so.
 
THE RAINBOW HATERS

just think
all those people
in high school
who called me “faggot”
are voting
selling cars
managing grocery stores
hating still
deep
in the dark
of their rib cage souls
only showing their true selves
if enough alcohol
is in them on the weekend
sittin’ in an easy chair
taking a break
from their phony smiles
 
Daniel J. Flore III said:
THE RAINBOW HATERS

just think
all those people
in high school
who called me “faggot”
are voting
selling cars
managing grocery stores
hating still
deep
in the dark
of their rib cage souls
only showing their true selves
if enough alcohol
is in them on the weekend
sittin’ in an easy chair
taking a break
from their phony smiles
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Cool. I can try making this one a "short." All new to me. Bear with me.
 
Jay Dougherty said:
Please subscribe to the new Open Arts Forum YouTube channel. I'm going to be experimenting over the coming days and weeks with putting out audio readings of member works (with permission, of course)--and music and art, whatever works there. I've discovered an AI service that essentially produces audiobooks from texts, so I'll be using that, as it does a better job than I could myself.

https://www.youtube.com/@openartsforum

You can see a first attempt at this with Lance's "Peaceful World" story:

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Will do. I’ll check it out tomorrow.
 
It's a fascinating and worthy project. Since it's under the banner of OAF, would it be more appropriate to describe on the YT Channel exactly how these were done? i.e., that the reader is AI-generated and not the author reading the poem? I think viewers might appreciate knowing that transparency - and it wouldn't take anything away from the presentation.
 
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Raymond Huffman said:
It's a fascinating and worthy project. Since it's under the banner of OAF, would it be more appropriate to describe on the YT Channel exactly how these were done? i.e., that the reader is AI-generated and not the author reading the poem? I think viewers might appreciate knowing that transparency - and it wouldn't take anything away from the presentation.
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Good idea. Sure, I can do that.
 
I like it. I used to work in recording studios, and voices make a difference. Might we be consulted on voice choice for reads? Or mood? Too big an issue? Amazing to me, the grande non-techie over here.
 
Dale M. Tushman said:
Might we be consulted on voice choice for reads? Or mood?
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Of course. I won't do anything without running the results by the author. Also I'm subscribed to the $22 per month ElevenLabs.io account, and I only get so many text-to-voice "credits" each month, so I have to watch it. Right now, just in the day I've been experimenting, I've used 33% of this month's credits. So I'll have to be selective. The next higher tier with more credits is too expensive for this little site. :)
 
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