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Reading a Sad Poem
In this demo, I prove that it is possible to have an AI voice talk with emotion, rather than the redundant monotone that exists on all the AI slop posted to social platforms.
The day I did this, a woman very close and dear to me had passed away. She was my second mother. I called her Ma and she treated me like her own son.
So the logic I coded I have called the Margie Alogithm.
It takes a poem, and uses a Large Language Model to break the poem into pieces, and define instructions on how each piece should be read. Example: "Speak in a sad, slow and longing tone.", "Speak in a sad, slow and heartbroken tone." or "Speak in a sad, slow and reserved tone but move to a slow and uplifting tone."
Each part is given to a Text to Speach AI along with the instructions on how it is to be read. Then all the parts are stitched together into a single audio file. The example for the poem showed here took about 3 minutes in all to process using the OpenAI API accessed from code running on my laptop.
Here are the words of the poem... In the future I will test this with other poems as well and post them here.
If Tomorrow Starts Without Me
by David M Romano
When tomorrow starts without me,
And I'm not there to see,
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
all filled with tears for me,
I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
and each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too.
But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name,
And took me by the hand,
and said my place was ready,
In heaven far above,
And that I'd have to leave behind
All those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye
For all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for,
So much left yet to do,
It seemed almost impossible,
That I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays
The good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared,
and all the fun we had...
If I could re-live yesterday
Just even for a while,
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized,
That this could never be,
For emptiness and memories,
would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home...
When God looked down and smiled at me,
From His great golden throne.
He said, 'This is eternity,
And all I've promised you.'
Today your life on earth is past,
But here life starts anew,
I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last,
And since each day's the same way
There's no longing for the past.
You have been so faithful,
So trusting and so true.
Though there were times
You did some things
You knew you shouldn't do.
But you have been forgiven
And now at last you're free.
So won't you come and take my hand
And share my life with me?
So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I'm right here, in your heart.