Has anyone else noticed how the intonation in Advanced Audio has taken a nosedive lately?
Over the past few days, ChatGPT—regardless of version—has completely lost the ability to speak German dialects. No more regional flair, no authentic sound. Everything now comes out as overly cheerful, sanitized standard German, for me as Austrian.
Dialect requests? Ignored. Bavarian, Swabian, Austrian? Doesn’t matter. You get the same default radio-host voice every time.
To make it worse, there are now more artificial pauses, random chuckles, and awkward throat clears—none of which add value and all of which break immersion.
At least in the German version, this sounds way off. What happened to the natural rhythm and regional authenticity?
I want my grumpy Viennese back.