AI still has the issues of normal speech synthesis. I was listening to the sample of one, and it couldn't tell the difference between the present and past tense of the word "read." They'll still have pronunciation issues, and I would never want it to read a Brandon Sanderson book.
Just imagine: “Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king" Yeah no. Alex on the iPhone already has trouble reading some names in harry Potter books and fanfics, like the French school members in the fourth book, like someone who was iconic to the book as Fleur Delacour. And this isn't just on Apple, every TTS voice is going to have problems and I hope Apple lets all authors know that. Devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 12:08 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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