Well, there's probably also nothing like a human voice reading a book badly.
Now I'm not dissing Learning Ally. I have used them quite a bit and
learned a lot from the books I've gotten from them over many years.
However, those of you who have used them very much at all will know that
while some of their narrations are very good, and some are passable,
some are downright terrible.
I would take AI narration over bad human narration any time.
Evan
On 1/14/2023 8:17 PM, Esther Levegnale wrote:
I totally agree with you. There is nothing like a human voice reading
a book. Esther
Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!
On Jan 14, 2023, at 10:57 AM, Barbara Stahl
<[email protected]> wrote:
I listened to the preview link in the article and the narration is
surprisingly good. But I completely agree, nothing could ever be
better than human narration for me. And its totally wrong for
companies to try to replace people with robots just for profet. Its
disgusting.
On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:08 AM, Dennis Long <[email protected]> wrote:
I completely agree.
Dennis Long
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On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote:
While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the
highest quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction
by eliminating human voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI
narrated book to be of the same quality as a human narrated one and
hope we'll continue to have a good supply of human narrated audio
for many years to come.
Alan Lemly
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Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by
an AI Robot, Mac Daily News
Hello Everyone,
I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and
explored the selection.
I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.
While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to
choose, I purchased a title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.
I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.
Enjoy,
Mark
Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI
robot MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple
quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot
Apple has quietly launched a catalog of books narrated by an AI
robot using artificial intelligence and voice synthesis
technologies it developed.
By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:
The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent
years, with technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold.
Sales last year jumped 25%, bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry
insiders believe the global market could be worth more than $35bn
by 2030.
On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals
the catalogue of works included in the scheme, which are described
as being "narrated by digital voice based on a human narrator".
Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a
significant shift in how major technology companies see the future
of audiobooks.
Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian
said the strategy, if successful, could have significant
implications for the market.
MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A
preview can be heard via Apple Books here.
Original Article at:
https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/
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