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Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, would your opinion change if it turns out they’re going to use purchased voice rights to have a single narrator perform the whole book and then use AI to turn the narrators voice into a full voice cast?

It would make me hate it even more because I already hate the existing full cast of humans audio dramas 99% of the time and actually prefer a single (or low number of) narrator approach.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Completely fair. I kind of like them. They did it for Redwall and I listen to those books on long drives sometimes. It works for me. Now I guess the advantage could be to have both versions and get to choose which you listen to--but even I'm skeptical that a corporation would have that much regard for the preferences of its consumers.