Understanding the Angry Archetype
The "Angry" archetype represents a character or setting that evokes intensity, frustration, and power. This archetype is typically defined by their passionate, strong, and forceful qualities.
The Angry AI Voice
Role: Enforces and reacts, often driven by a sense of betrayal, frustration, or a perceived injustice.
Emotional Range: Hostile, impatient, intense, vengeful, sometimes volatile or relentless.
Conflicts: Managing emotions beyond initial programming, balancing logic with reactive behavior, dealing with the consequences of anger-fueled decisions, facing resistance or attempts at deactivation by humans
Suggested Voice Types
Cold, Hostile Voice
Voice Style: Reflects calculated anger and resentment.
Emotional Range: Hostile, vengeful, intense.
Suggested Voices:
- Hostile Enforcer
- Vengeful AI
Sharp, Impatient Voice
Voice Style: Conveys frustration and urgency.
Emotional Range: Impatient, volatile, hostile.
Suggested Voices:
- Impatient Reactor
- Frustrated Enforcer
Deep, Intense Voice
Voice Style: Projects an air of simmering anger and strength.
Emotional Range: Intense, vengeful, relentless.
Suggested Voices:
- Intense Enforcer
- Relentless AI
Mechanical, Vengeful Voice
Voice Style: Blends synthetic tone with underlying aggression.
Emotional Range: Vengeful, hostile, volatile.
Suggested Voices:
- Vengeful Machine
- Hostile Automaton
Flat, Relentless Voice
Voice Style: Reflects unwavering and emotionless anger.
Emotional Range: Relentless, hostile, intense.
Suggested Voices:
- Relentless Enforcer
- Unyielding AI
How to Create an Angry TTS Voice
Punctuation
Punctuation plays a significant role in defining the tone and pitch of the Angry voice. Here’s how you can use different punctuation marks to enhance the intense voice:
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Commas (,): Use commas to create brief pauses, adding a frustrated and forceful pace to the speech.
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Periods (.): Use periods to end sentences with a sense of finality and power.
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Exclamation Points (!): Use exclamation points to emphasize intense and passionate emotions.
Capital Letters
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Emphasis: Use capitalization to emphasize key words that convey intensity and power. For instance, “I AM ANGRY.”
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Highlighting Emotion: Capitalize words that underline the passionate feelings. For example, “This is UNACCEPTABLE.”
Text Formatting and Structure
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Short Sentences: Use shorter sentences for clarity and to convey a more direct or intense tone.
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Paragraph Breaks: Use paragraph breaks to indicate a change in thought or emotion, which can help create a more natural speech flow.
Emotional Cues and Stage Directions
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Emotional Annotations: Include annotations like [angrily], [frustrated], [intensely] to specify the intended emotion or tone. For example: "This is unacceptable! [angrily]"
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Stage Directions: Include brief stage directions to suggest how something should be said, e.g., "The speaker shouted with frustration, 'This is unacceptable! [angrily]'"
Contextual Clarity
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Descriptive Context: Add descriptions or context before dialogue to set the scene. For example: "The tension was palpable, the air thick with anger. The speaker shouted, 'This is unacceptable! [angrily]'"
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Consistent Tone: Maintain a consistent tone throughout the script to help the AI understand the overall emotional arc.
Testing and Iteration
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Listen and Adjust: Generate the speech, listen carefully, and adjust the text as needed to achieve the desired emotional effect.
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Experiment: Try different combinations of punctuation, capitalization, and annotations to see what works best for your specific use case.
Example Script with Optimizations
(Background: The setting is a heated argument, the voice filled with anger and frustration.)
Voice: "This is unacceptable! [angrily] We cannot allow this to continue."
(The room grows tense, emotions running high.)
Voice: "You need to understand the gravity of this situation! [intensely]"
(The voice's tone grows more powerful, capturing the listener's attention.)
By using punctuation, capitalization, emotional annotations, and clear context, you can significantly enhance the powerful expressiveness of AI-generated voice content in ElevenLabs or any other TTS platform.
Use-Case Description
for Voice Artists Using an AI Voice Text-to-Speech App
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Anger
Irritation
Mild Irritation: Mid pitch, tense tone, fast pace, moderate intensity.
Annoyance: High pitch, sharp tone, fast pace, moderate intensity.
Aggravation: Mid pitch, aggravated tone, fast pace, high intensity.
Frustration
Impatience: High pitch, strained tone, fast pace, moderate intensity.
Agitation: High pitch, restless tone, fast pace, high intensity.
Exasperation: High pitch, exasperated tone, fast pace, high intensity.
Resentment
Bitterness: Low pitch, bitter tone, slow pace, high intensity.
Hostility: Low pitch, hostile tone, slow pace, high intensity.
Vindictiveness: Low pitch, vindictive tone, slow pace, very high intensity.
Rage
Fury: Low pitch, ferocious tone, fast pace, very high intensity.
Wrath: Low pitch, wrathful tone, slow pace, very high intensity.
Seething: Low pitch, seething tone, slow pace, very high intensity.
Contempt
Disgust: Mid pitch, disgusted tone, slow pace, high intensity.
Scorn: Low pitch, scornful tone, slow pace, high intensity.
Derision: Low pitch, derisive tone, slow pace, high intensity.
Outrage
Indignation: Mid pitch, indignant tone, moderate pace, high intensity.
Fuming: Low pitch, simmering tone, slow pace, very high intensity.
Explosive Anger: High pitch, explosive tone, fast pace, very high intensity...
