AI Voice Generator: Text to Speech Software
Human voice is a carrier of emotion, it helps co-regulate our nervous system. It is extremely rich in signals. It is known in modern trauma therapy for example that people who are emotionally disconnected or in a state of shock have less "prosody" in their voice - the voice becomes more monotonous.<p>In my opinion this tech is bad - and the more we spend time listening to artificial voices I would bet it can have a disregulating effect on the listener's nervous system.<p>There is also a unhealthy trend on YouTube where creators actually voice their content, but they speak really fast and they cut all the pauses. It's really stressful to listen to in my experience, and I believe also unhealthy for listeners on the long run.<p>It's no wonder that some creators who are just chill in their videos, sometime attract a wide audience, become a father-like figure almost - they could talk about anything - because younger people nowadays are just starving for this co-regulation effect.<p>Like I'm watching a certain "Dwayne" and I don't need to agree to everything he says.. but the delivery is so calm and grounded , and there's none of that speeding up / cutting pauses non-sense, that it genuinely helps me as I am recovering from trauma. It calms me down.<p>It's kinda unfortunate that at same time modern trauma models are gaining ground on YouTube, all about vagus nerve, fight/flight/freeze etc, the concept of capacity in the nervous system... at the same time you have an increasing assault from this really disregulating content...<p>I guess all I can say s more than ever you have to be really aware of what you consume.