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Having a person read out a book, then using AI to convert that back into the original book feels like a very convoluted way of getting the text. Is this just a
by IanCal 7y ago
Having a person read out a book, then using AI to convert that back into the original book feels like a very convoluted way of getting the text. Is this just a licensing thing? Is it to get the timing right of the captions?
- cowl 7y agoHow is having a book feed to you line by line (on a time you don't control) equivalent to "getting the text"? Also this surely can be considered a Usability feature for hearing impaired for example.
- john_minsk 7y agoMay be they are worried that this will lead to text leaking to public the minute it appears on such service... idk...
- IanCal 7y agoNo, it's that since the text already exists (the written book), it seems overly complicated to transcribe what the voice actors are saying.
- IanCal 7y agoI think you have misunderstood. I am talking about Amazon getting the text. The text for these books already exists, they're books that are being read out.