My feeling is that I’ll read a book and any media that is accessible to me. when I was growing up the only thing that was available was talking books and RFB which is now Learning Ally. That was it. Course you could always have somebody read it to you in person but that was a lot more difficult.
I think we have a Goldmine of accessible information now and we shouldn’t take it for granted JODY To Boldly Go 🖖🏻 [email protected] "What's within you is stronger than what's in your way." NO BARRIERS Erik Weihenmayer > On Mar 21, 2023, at 1:22 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > As for ,me I never understand why one would want to listen to a novel using > a synthetic voice instead of enjoying the narration of a human reader. There > is also a big difference between pretty much all the readers who do this > professionally and some public domain books where I have heard readers who > actually pause to figure out some words or mispronounce words altogether. > Yes, even with professional readers you get some where you just may not like > the voice or how they use their voice to portrait different characters in the > book, but for the most part when I listen to Audible books which often are > professionally narrated by whatever publisher is releasing the book, I find > it quite rare that a reader is not good. But that is why we are different, > that is why some like to use Alex or Ava as their TTS on the iPhone which I > personally can't stand and why others, me included, still use Eloquence on > the computer. For me my computer is my tool, it's what I use to do my job and > run my business so I need it to be efficient and nothing is more efficient > than Eloquence or synthetic voices like it. The more human sounding a voice > is the worse it sounds when you speed it up. I must say, however, that a > couple of these AI narrated books where I listened to samples are very close > to a human reader and I could probably imagine myself listening to a book > that way. But I definitely will not listen to a book using any of the high > quality Jaws voices let alone Eloquence. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Joshua > Hendrickson > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 3:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI > Robot, Mac Daily News > > I have never understood why some blind people don't like TTS books and refuse > to read them. I also use bookshare. They have books that I couldn't get > anywhere else. I can either listen to different TTS voices read them to me > in voice dream reader, or I have a BI40X and can read the books in braille. > It is my choice, and a great one to have. TTS voices are getting better and > better and the more books we have access to, the better. > >> On 3/20/23, Kerry Macdonald <[email protected]> wrote: >> It is just another way to read books. It means that more books will be >> available for more people. I have read books with text to speech for >> years and the voices they have now, particularly with apps, such as >> voice dream, are so good after a while you don’t even notice it. At >> least I don’t. I remember when I was in college my father bought me >> the Kurzweil reading machine, and it was a TTS voice, however, I was >> just so happy to be able to go out and buy any print book that I came >> to really like The Voice. It is what it is. It just means that we will >> have more freedom of choice and if people don’t like these books, they don’t >> have to use them. >> >> >> Kerry >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 17, 2023, at 10:10 AM, Jody ianuzzi >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I disagree, I don’t think it’s disgusting that they are introducing >>> new technology for reading books. Having a human narrator is >>> extremely time consuming! I listen to books from Bookshare which are >>> not available in any other source and I use the speech on my phone to >>> listen to them. When I really get into a book I move past the sound >>> of the voice and just absorb the Contant. >>> >>> If these books become available in this format then I’m all for it >>> >>> JODY >>> >>> To Boldly Go 🖖🏻 >>> >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> "What's within you is stronger than what's in your way." NO BARRIERS >>> Erik Weihenmayer >>> >>>> On Mar 17, 2023, at 9:50 AM, Barbara Stahl >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> The article in this email tells you how to find these type of >>>> audiobooks using the Books app just scroll down the email to find it >>>> >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>>> From: Barbara Stahl <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: January 14, 2023 at 10:57:50 AM EST >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks >>>>> Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone SE 3 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On >>>>>>> Behalf Of M. Taylor >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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. 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