I will welcome AI narrated books especially in the nonfiction arena where voice acting isn't relevant. And I expect I'd prefer a well done AI narrated fictional work as opposed to a poorly done human narrated one. Like so much in a system where profits determine the allocation of resources, I hope a good balance can be reached so funds remain available to compensate those making their living doing voice narration. Because you're never going to convince me that AI will ever be able to replicate well done human voice acting.
Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 3:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News I don't know, it wasn't all that long ago that we couldn't have imagined AI narrated books at all. Things are moving fast, so I wouldn't be too quick to conclude that AI narrated books could never be of the same quality as human narrated ones. And I don't see why we couldn't have both AI and human narrated books. It seems very likely that there are a lot more books out there than there are human narrators to narrate them. So AI narrated books may well be a big boost to making more books accessible than otherwise would be the case. Evan On 1/14/2023 1:08 AM, Dennis Long 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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