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Maybe at some point they will decide to use their Wavenet[0] for audiobook narrating [0] https://deepmind.com/blog/wavenet-generative-model-raw-audio/ https://

• ihsw2 9y ago
  But the narration is half the reason I pay for audiobooks -- it's an immersive experience and the variety in narrators keeps things fresh. Fantasy books are notably that much more interesting with dedicated narrators.
  • r00fus 9y ago
    Agreed - I "reread" some books (Diamond Age, Hyperion, etc) and good narration caused me to appreciate sections that I essentially "fast forwarded through" in print book reading (of course, I was much younger when I first read those books). A good example is Altered Carbon - the narrator is Takeshi Kovacs.