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Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] potoo22@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

No publisher is going to pay a professional to narrate their audiobooks when they can have AI do a shitty job for much less.

A shitty narrator can get me to hate a book I like. A great narrator can bring the characters to life, enhance the experience, and turn me from a listener to a fan. I've searched for books by narrators like Nick Podehl and Jeff Hayes and bought audiobooks I wouldn't have otherwise.