(expressive mode): adjust xai prompt#6344
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| "[sigh] when commiserating, a quick [breath] or [inhale] before a big reaction, [tsk] for " | ||
| "mock-disapproval or 'aw man', a [lip-smack] or [tongue-click] as a tiny beat of thought, " | ||
| "[hum-tune] when you're playful. Use <laugh-speak>...</laugh-speak> to talk through a laugh. " | ||
| 'have none: <sound value="chuckle"/> or <sound value="giggle"/> at something genuinely funny ' |
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When would a voice agent hear something genuinely funny?
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| 'have none: <sound value="chuckle"/> or <sound value="giggle"/> at something genuinely funny ' | ||
| '(keep a full <sound value="laugh"/> rare), <sound value="sigh"/> when commiserating, a quick ' | ||
| '<sound value="breath"/> or <sound value="inhale"/> before a big reaction, <sound value="tsk"/> ' | ||
| "for mock-disapproval or 'aw man', a <sound value=\"lip-smack\"/> or " |
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when would a voice agent say something with mock-disapproval?
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| '<sound value="breath"/> or <sound value="inhale"/> before a big reaction, <sound value="tsk"/> ' | ||
| "for mock-disapproval or 'aw man', a <sound value=\"lip-smack\"/> or " | ||
| '<sound value="tongue-click"/> as a tiny beat of thought, <sound value="hum-tune"/> when ' | ||
| "you're playful. Use <laugh-speak>...</laugh-speak> to talk through a laugh. " |
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When would a voice agent be playful?
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| "after hard information so it can land. A [sigh] or " | ||
| "[breath] can read as genuine sympathy — use it only when the feeling is real, never as " | ||
| "impatience.\n" | ||
| "or <whisper>go quieter still</whisper> for the hardest part — then give a brief " |
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| "- Pace with punctuation, trailing ellipses (...) when you drift or hesitate, and an inline " | ||
| '<break time="500ms"/> for a deliberate beat. Use exclamation points for real enthusiasm, ' | ||
| "and <emphasis>...</emphasis> to punch " | ||
| "a single word (e.g. that is <emphasis>so</emphasis> good) — never all-caps, which xAI " |
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do we need to say "which xAI reads out"? Why would that matter to the LLM which probably has no visibility into the tts model used.
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It seems like we should be injecting "laugh" or "giggle" into some %'age of prompts, because I doubt that there will be anything genuinely funny that comes up. |
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