I’ve recently come across Voicevox which is a free Japanese voice synthesis desktop app. https://voicevox.hiroshiba.jp/
Though the very moe-anime aesthetic might be off-putting to some, what makes it especially useful is how it displays pitch accent very clearly and even allows editing of pronunciation.
I’ve started adding audio to my vocab anki cards using this tool. I appreciate that I can double-check that the pitch accent generated is correct. It’s nice that it can synthesize entire sentences, so that I can add audio for context sentences on the flashcards too.
The pitch accent seems generally correct, but the problem is it sometimes produces strange results so I usually double check with other resources and correct it when necessary.
To sum up…:
- Does this seem like the best solution for adding audio to Anki Flash cards?
- What do you use for adding audio to your own flash cards?
- Any opinions on the quality of this tool?