How ElevenLabs Text-to-Speech Improved My Writing

Divyansu Das

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Overall, the text-to-speech from ElevenLabs has been very helpful and has helped me find errors and improve my writing.

These three exercises showcase the errors I found in stories using ElevenLabs AI voices, with 2 class examples and a personal example.

Exercise 1:

Concerns about public safety continue to grow, an analysis of crime data reveals the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicgo., this map, maps out the areas with the highest incidences of violent crimes over the past year to now, incidences of violent crimes over the past year to now.

The map below uses a color coding system to illustrate heightened crimes in more low-income neighborhoods. As the map begins to move down in the lower West-end to the Southside it can be depicted in Maroon points crimes committed within that area are more associated with the listed above locations. What can also be depicted as the neighborhoods are more riddled with crime is also multiple police stations in communities near the South and Lower Westside compared to North neighborhoods, and communities

Chicago’s South East and Westside areas continue to be labeled as dangerous by news reports and residents. Challenges continue to shape the city’s landscape, An analysis of crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department highlights neighborhoods where residents and visitors face the highest risks in communities that consistently relate to areas pinpointed with the most maroon marks represented for crime committed in Chicago on Google Maps are the same areas being faced with homicides, and other related crimes.

Staggering crime rates in highly populated areas of homicides, and other related crimes. Since 2011, Chicago has faced struggles in taking control of the high profile of crime that continued to grow. In recent years, little has progressed.

In 2020 COVID-19 epidemic crimes such as thefts and robberies were reported low, while crimes related to homicides and shootings rose. As reported in 2021 Homicide rates in predominately African American neighborhoods experienced 40x times the murder rate in proximity to Caucasian neighborhoods.

Impoverished and underfunded environments in Chicago’s South East and Westside areas continue to be labeled as dangerous by news reports and residents. Challenges continue to shape the city’s landscape, new data reveals the most dangerous areas in Chicago in 2024. An analysis of crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department highlights neighborhoods where residents and visitors face the highest risks. While rates are still comparatively high, it was also reported that in 2023 it showed a 50% decrease in the disparity of homicide between African Americans and Caucasians.

In efforts to aid residents in lower-income neighborhoods to feel more at ease in 2021 the State Of Illinois budgeted $100 Million, donating 60% of efforts to Violent Crime Prevention in high-crime areas in Chicago. Sources also reported that another $93 million, reported in 2024, was funded for Violence Crime prevention and other programs. $38 million from private funds, $36 Million from the city,13 Million From the County, and $13 million from the State.

List the editing changes you’d make:

• Chicgo should be Chicago
• Maps listed twice in first paragraph sentence 2
• Repeats “incidences of violent crimes over the past year to now” twice in paragraph 1 sentence 2
• In paragraph 2:“two maroon points” should end with a period (run on sentence)
• In paragraph 2: North neighborhoods should remove the comma and place a period after communities (end of paragraph 2)
• Break up sentence 3 (run on) (would place period after: “highest risks”
• cut this sentence as it is redundant: Staggering crime rates in highly populated areas of homicides, and other related crimes.
• 40 times higher sounds better than 40x while speaking
• for last paragraph: move in 2021 to after 100 million for clarity
• At the end a list of bullet points would work better when listing where funding was coming from

Exercise 2:

With a significant increase in new cases noted in June 2023 based on globe Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, the COVID-19 epidemic still affects nations all throughout the globe By far the highest levels recorded since the commencement of the epidemic, the chart displaying the global new confirmed cases from January 23, 2020, to June 13, 2023 shows a tremendous spike peaking at nearly 7 million daily instances early in June 2023.

This startling reminder that the SARS-CoV-2 virus still presents a major worldwide health hazard even years after it originally arose comes from somewhat lower case counts during 2022 and early 2023. This abrupt June surge is worrying. The strong climbing trajectory points to a highly transmissible novel variety maybe fast spreading beyond boundaries.
Although vaccination campaigns have achieved great success, this data emphasizes the continuous requirement of public health policies, continuing immunization programs, and worldwide cooperation to manage epidemics even if efforts toward vaccination have made great progress. Governments, health organizations, and people have to be alert to guard underprivileged groups and avoid another overload of health systems.

This most recent comeback underlines that COVID-19 is not yet beaten as the globe approaches the fourth year of the epidemic and complacency might have a great cost. If the world is to prevent such terrible losses, closely monitoring case patterns, genetic sequencing to track mutations, and promoting fair access to immunizations and treatments remain top concerns.

List the editing changes you’d make:

• Should be a period after “all throughout the globe”
• Repeats June 2023 twice in first paragraph and gives too many dates
• Cut this because it makes sentence too long: “comes from somewhat lower case counts”
• This abrupt June surge can be combined with next sentence
• replace maybe with to “that may”
• I think instead of the word guard, protect sounds and flows better
• The ending can use a bulleted list instead when listing what the world can do to prevent covid from growing

Exercise 3:

We chose to cover the rapid growth of AI data centers and how it’s affecting electric bills for Chicago-area households. Data centers consumed about 4.4% of U.S. electricity in 2023, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory expects that number to rise to 6.7% to 12% by 2028. In northern Illinois, that demand is already reaching households as Illinois electricity prices rose 1.2 cents per kilowatt-hour from 2024 to 2025, partly because of grid costs that data center demand created. The issue is that low-income Chicago-area families were already spending about 8% of their income on energy, and the increase in electricity bills will raise their cost of living. Gov. JB Pritzker announced in June 2026 that he would pause new state tax incentives for data centers, and he called on lawmakers to pass reforms this fall.

Our story will examine who should pay for the grid costs that data center demand creates: the companies that operate data centers or the households that share the grid with them. We will explain how data center demand moves through the regional grid and onto ComEd bills, who ends up paying, and what Illinois lawmakers are doing about it. Divyansu Das will report the household side, interviewing a McKinley Park resident who is affected by rising electricity bills, while Angel Garcia will report the AI side, interviewing an expert on why demand and prices are rising.

List the editing changes you’d make:

• Too many percentage points might cut the low 6.7% and just state that it may go up to 12%
• The price increase in northern illinois has a weak transition with the next sentence, needs a stronger connecting word/words
• This could be done through bullet points and sounds cluttered: “We will explain how data center demand moves through the regional grid and onto ComEd bills, who ends up paying, and what Illinois lawmakers are doing about it.”
• Should say “by the rising costs of electricity bills” instead of rising electricity bills
• Angel Garcia side can be more clear, saying why AI data center demand is rising and how that price affects consumers