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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am okay with this only in cases where 1) the author approves, and 2) there is no audible version anyways.

Some people prefer listening to their books instead of reading and that's totally ok. Indie authors can't always afford to hire a narrator but I'd still want the buyers to be able to listen to the book.

Big question is, will the author get paid for the download or not...

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It was bound to happen. I'm okay with ones that were never going to be turned into audiobooks to begin with... but they likely will use that as the norm for all books... I guess unless the author/publisher says not to.

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