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I like that they talk slower. It also seems rock solid so far. It's def not ideal, though. Pretty glitchy at my end - like the voice keeps talking and doesn't recognize interruptions as well as other models I've tried, but I can very much see what you mean about the natural feel. This has tons of potential.

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That's odd, because I was specifically impressed at just how instant their interruption-detection and general latency was. Maybe some temporary issue and/or Internet bandwidth issue. Try again later and see if they do better.

I also noticed that they seem to pick up on nonverbal cues like my tone of voice and tailor their responses accordingly. Or maybe I'm projecting that. In any case, we're getting really close to near-human-level chats.

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Well also: i use headphones and my phone to talk to ChatGPT and Gemini, whereas this was on my laptop just now. I wonder if that matters - I don't take anything for granted any more, and figure it all might matter.

If you know of a way for me to like go for a walk and play with this thing, I'll spend a couple hours on it later today.

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I guess you can always run it in your phone browser, but it's essentially a preview demo so it's not like they have a polished app yet. I do know that sometimes Advanced Voice had issues when I e.g. used Bluetooth headphones or had my VPN switched on, so lots of things can interfere.

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I was thinking the same thing: my experience may not be similar to yours at all, and vice versa w/ChatGPT's voice. I swear, it's like magic most of the time, and it's far more reliable than any other service I've tried so far! But I'm here in the US, I'm using a particular cell network and a particular device and so on, and I think there are other notable differences we may not be picking up on.

Also, our objectives when hopping on could be a little different, but I think it's mostly the former in this case. I may well try them out for my voice convos this evening. I think it has become a part of my routine to play with these things for at least a few minutes at the end of the day.

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