I listened to the first sample. I have heard some human read audio books that were worse then this AI reader. Alexa isn't nearly as good. I use voice dream reader for listening to bookshare books. I have no problems listening to TTS books. The synthetic voices are getting better and better.
On 1/19/23, Leo Bado <literophi...@myself.com> wrote: > Well, by the time I got to listen to them, I had already learned that they > were AI voices. > > Best, > Leo Bado > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2023 12:27 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an > AI Robot, Mac Daily News > > Have you listened to these samples? If I didn't know these were digital/AI > generated voices I would not have guessed it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > literophi...@myself.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 4:50 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an > AI Robot, Mac Daily News > > Well, all I can say is that, in all certainty, I flatly believe that such > digital voices are quite good for some books, not for all. However, I also > believe that is fair to say that AI is just going to get better at this > point. Inflection and intonation based on particular emotions shouldn't be > too difficult to emulate in the future. In all likelihood, this is already a > factual phenomenon in AI labs. > > Best, > Leo Bado > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 5:37 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an > AI Robot, Mac Daily News > > So I must admit that is quite amazing and I wonder exactly what is involved > when they say "This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice > based on a human narrator" I guess Siri is or at least was based on this > ladie's voice, forgot her name when Siri originally came out, but it > certainly did not sound this good and neither do the Siri voices sound this > good now. I wonder if such voices will be available as Voiceover voices at > some point. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > literophi...@myself.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 5:01 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an > AI Robot, Mac Daily News > > Click on the following two links to listen to an audio sample: > Book 1: > https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1640359031 > book 2: > https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1636546592 > > Best, > Leo Bado > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Amy > Ruell > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 3:15 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an > AI Robot, Mac Daily News > > Where can I find a sample of the AI Apple books? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 18, 2023, at 12:24 AM, Ketan Kothari <muktake...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Although I have yet not tried the AI narrated book could anyone please >> explain difference between a electronic voice such as vocallizer or >> eloquence synthesizer voice and AI narrated book? Thank you. >> >> Ketan Kothari from Mumbai India >> >>> On 14/01/2023, 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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