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Not from the companies selling audiobooks IMHO. They will use this technology to save money on human speakers. If they release it into the public domain we'll
by pmontra 4y ago
Not from the companies selling audiobooks IMHO.
They will use this technology to save money on human speakers. If they release it into the public domain we'll end up with ebooks that can read themselves aloud and they'll lose part of the incomes from audio books.
My Samsung phone can read ebooks with one of Samsung's voices right now, but it does an awful job at pauses.
Basically, no commas. With a good voice I could turn each one of my ebooks in an audiobook.
- raffraffraff 4y agoI don't really think I could listen to an AI voice reading a book. Perhaps some technical stuff, but not fiction. Even the difference between a mediocre vs good voice actor is huge, and can mean the difference between finishing an audio book or stopping after a chapter. Edit: to be very specific, a really good voice actor will take on different voices depending on which character is speaking, and will act out scenes realistically. I honestly can't imagine any AI being able to do that.