I prefer a human voice over synthetic ones as well. Esther Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!
> On Mar 21, 2023, at 1:22 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Joshua > Hendrickson > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 3:21 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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 <kerryma...@gmail.com> 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 >>> <thunderwalker...@gmail.com> >>> 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 🖖🏻 >>> >>> >>> thunderwalker...@gmail.com >>> >>> "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 >>>> <stahlredstone.0...@gmail.com> >>>> 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 <stahlredstone.0...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: January 14, 2023 at 10:57:50 AM EST >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> 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 <dennisl1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I completely agree. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dennis Long >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone SE 3 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On >>>>>>> Behalf Of M. Taylor >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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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