It's certainly better than nothing. But even narrators who don't do character voices bring their own personality to it, which is part of the joy of audiobooks.

It's certainly better than nothing. But even narrators who don't do character voices bring their own personality to it, which is part of the joy of audiobooks. And good modern audiobooks are a full-on performance. I love Patrick Rothfuss' books on their own, but Nick Podehl brings them to life in a whole new way. You can't AI that, not with anything resembling current technology anyway.