Ebert test
The Ebert test gauges whether a computer-based synthesized voice[1][2] can tell a joke with sufficient skill to cause people to laugh.[3] It was proposed by film critic Roger Ebert at the 2011 TED conference as a challenge to software developers to have a computerized voice master the inflections, delivery, timing, and intonations of a speaking human.[1] The test is similar to the Turing test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 as a way to gauge a computer's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior by generating performance indistinguishable from a human being.[4]
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If the computer can successfully tell a joke, and do the timing and delivery as well as Henny Youngman, then that’s the voice I want.
— Ebert in 2011[2]
Ebert lost his voice after surgery to treat cancer. Ebert employed a Scottish company called CereProc, which custom-tailors text-to-speech software for voiceless customers who record their voices at length before losing them, and mined tapes and DVD commentaries featuring Ebert to create a voice that sounded more like his own voice.[5] He first publicly used the voice they devised for him in his March 2, 2010 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[2][6][7]
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- ↑ Jones, Chris. "Roger Ebert: The Essential Man". Esquire magazine. February 16, 2010]
- ↑ Ebert, Roger. "Hello, this is me speaking" rogerebert.suntimes.com, March 5, 2010
- ↑ Tucker, Ken. "'Oprah': Roger Ebert predicts the Oscars, movingly: 'No more surgery for me'". Entertainment Weekly. March 2, 2010
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