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Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Dagamant@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is not a good move. Some narrators add a lot to the book with their tone and inflection while AI just doesn’t do that. It can’t understand the story and add subtle emotion to its voice.

[–] imecth@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

There's place for both, a lot of authors simply can't afford to have their entire book narrated by a voice actor.

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