2023-09-24
Who wants to see me puppeteered in French by an AI?
About 10 days ago I was pointed at this video of an "instant AI video translation" into French. And, of course, wanted to give it a go myself.
Now, since it grabbed some publicity, the queues were huge, and I wasn't going to pay to jump to the front of them.
But I did record a 30 second clip, shortly before we moved out of our home for three months (hence the boxes in the background), and this morning I got a notification that my free translation was ready.
So, here is my original:
and here is me "speaking French".
As a note, I haven't spoken more than a few words of French in 35 years (although I did get an A at GCSE), and so I don't actually know how good a translation it is. And clearly, you can spot enough glitches in the video to tell that it's not actually me. But still, there's a certain level of impressiveness there. And I'm sure it will get better.
Now, since it grabbed some publicity, the queues were huge, and I wasn't going to pay to jump to the front of them.
But I did record a 30 second clip, shortly before we moved out of our home for three months (hence the boxes in the background), and this morning I got a notification that my free translation was ready.
So, here is my original:
and here is me "speaking French".
As a note, I haven't spoken more than a few words of French in 35 years (although I did get an A at GCSE), and so I don't actually know how good a translation it is. And clearly, you can spot enough glitches in the video to tell that it's not actually me. But still, there's a certain level of impressiveness there. And I'm sure it will get better.