Is the speakers' speech natural in this video?

[Maybo]

I'm practising listening. Is the speakers' speech natural in this video?

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm practising listening. Is the speakers' speech Do the speakers speak naturally in this video?

I listened to various bits of that long video. They sound like native AmE speakers to me. It depends on what you mean by "natural". They're speaking very clearly because it's an educational video. People in real life speak much more quickly and less clearly.

 

[teechar]

I'm pretty certain they're using computer-generated audio.

 

[Maybo]

How about the words they use? Are they natural?

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm pretty certain they're using computer-generated audio.

I find it harder and harder to tell the difference these days. Sometimes, there are word stress issues that give them away but in the few excerpts I listed to from post #1, I didn't hear any of them.

 

[probus]

How about the words they use? Are they natural?

Yes.

 

[jutfrank]

Is the speakers' speech natural in this video?

Absolutely not. It's AI-generated.

 

[probus]

Absolutely not. It's AI-generated.

Perhaps it was AI-generated, but I don't think that was the sense in which @Maybo was using the word natural. It is possible that AI sometimes comes up with something a native speaker might actually say, and @Maybo wanted to know if this was such a case.

 

[jutfrank]

I think Maybo was asking whether we'd recommend it as a good model to use for her listening practice. As far as I'm concerned, that's a big no, not for the actual content but for the way it's delivered.

 

[teechar]

It is possible that AI sometimes comes up with sometning a native speaker might actually say

But a computer is not going to pronounce it the same way a human native speaker would, at least not for long or even medium-length sentences.
I agree with @jutfrank that learners should not try to emulate pronunciation generated by computer/AI.

 

[emsr2d2]

@Maybo Please clarify this for us - are you hoping to use how the words are spoken to help your own speech/pronunciation or are you just trying to practise listening and understanding English?

 

[Maybo]

@Maybo Please clarify this for us - are you hoping to use how the words are spoken to help your own speech/pronunciation or are you just trying to practise listening and understanding English?

Both.

 

[Skrej]

I'm pretty certain they're using computer-generated audio.

This was my initial reaction within the first five seconds.