There are many examples where robots or robotic processes can do things much faster and more accurately than humans and in principle there is nothing wrong with utilizing technology we developed to improve the manufacturing process or even health care. In the context of audio books I am also a huge fan of human narration and I for one wouldn't listen to an e-Book read by a synthesized voice if you paid me. As for books read by AI I can't say, guess in a way it's still a synthesized voice, but if it is really that good I might listen to it although my guess is that I would still prefer a good human narrator. Of course sometimes you also get not very good narrators especially with books from the public domain, so here a really good AI maybe will do a better job.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Barbara Stahl Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 7:58 AM 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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