Amazon's Audible is introducing a program that invites select US-based audiobook narrators to train artificial intelligence on their voices. These AI-generated voice clones will be used to produce audiobook recordings, allowing Audible to increase its audiobook offerings more quickly and at a lower cost. This initiative expands on Amazon's previous efforts to use AI narration, where self-published authors on the Kindle Store could have their works narrated by a generic AI voice. As of May 2024, over 40,000 books on Audible had utilized this AI technology. This move is seen as a way to integrate professional narrators into the growing trend of audiobook automation, which has been met with some skepticism.
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Audible to Start Generating AI Voice Replicas of Select Audiobook Narrators
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Im oldschool, and nothing beats the human aspect for me. AI voices can never capture the subtle emotions and nuances that a real narrator can. It feels kind of soulless to me