Barry “tricked” my voice clone into speaking Hebrew. The language model he used does not support Hebrew, so he did it by painstakingly phonetically transliterating the blessings in English.
It took Barry lots of trial and error. When we agreed that there was a version of a blessing that sounded best, he would save it and put it on my device.
I now have four blessings on my device that I can recite in my voice. I was able to participate in our (early) Passover seder for the first time in years by saying the blessings over the four cups of wine. Here it is.
My synagogue has been undertaking a huge renovation, including ADA accessibility. On May 1st is the grand re-opening, and I will be the first one to go up to the newly accessible podium in the front of the sanctuary. I will recite the blessing for the opportunity to repair the world. This is it.
Sara Esrick
Just so amazing!!! It’s been so wonderful to hear your (real) voice! AND in Hebrew! 😊
Julia Chase
Dear Jessie and Barry,
Your voice in Hebrew is so beautiful to hear! Thank you for sharing the Hebrew blessings. I am amazed Barry, that it was possible to figure out how to do that! Your patience, grace and competence is such a gift to us all.
As my friend Sue said when I shared your first Blog about using your own voice: “Awesome! I’m going to forward to Aron…(her son in Barcelona, a computer whiz). Jessie is really fortunate to have Barry – glad they get to create and have fun together.”
Looking forward to our visit later today, so I can hear you in person!
With love,
Julia
Daniel Noyes
The timing for this technological miracle is impeccable! (I’ll have to take your word for it that you’re saying it correctly 😜) Love that you’re able to lead the congregation once more! Say it loud. World needs a lot of fixing.
Jamie Leviton
This is so cool! Wow!