- I don't have a problem with this. Will it be as good as human narration given current technology? Probably not. Does it have the potential to massively increase the accessibility of books to people who prefer audio / blind people /etc? Yes.
- The nuances in tone, the landing of a punchline, the twin joys of reading out loud and listening to what is being read. These are human traits and human pleasures and AI cannot deliver it - only imitate. What next? AI written books and poems? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
- I thought the same:
- I don't think audiobook narration is a use of AI I have a problem with. Text-to-speech has been around for a very long time and "AI voices" are just the latest iteration. My problem would be that this erases Audible's value proposition: why not just let the OS narrate Kindle books for no extra cost?
