Read Aloud feature in AI Assistants

The free versions of popular AI chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Mistral & Grok can read out a response. This feature is a very useful on mobile devices which have small screen sizes.

Among these AI assistants, Grok has more options - you can not only choose from multiple voice options but also control the pacing. 

Grok currently offers the following types of voices -

  1. Ara - Upbeat Female
  2. Eve - Soothing Female
  3. Leo - British Male
  4. Rex - Calm Male
  5. Sal - Smooth Male
  6. Gork - Lazy Male
While I loved Grok's read aloud feature, I noticed a few glitches -
1. A few words were omitted although it was part of Grok's response.
2. A large number was incorrectly spelt out 
3. Possibly because the answer was long or my bandwidth was weak at a particular point, there were a couple of interruptions. The spinner indicated it could be buffering and I was pleasantly surprised that the voice resumed automatically although some bits were cut off.

Claude currently doesn't offer this feature.

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