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> What the reading does lack is the versatility and depth that human actors bring to the same work. It’s a far cry from, say, Stephen Fry, who created a unique
by littlestymaar 3y ago
> What the reading does lack is the versatility and depth that human actors bring to the same work. It’s a far cry from, say, Stephen Fry, who created a unique voice for dozens of characters while reading the Harry Potter audiobooks. But Project Gutenberg’s audiobooks are free, the process is quick, and the text-to-speech system used is scalable.
You loved cheap tasteless hydroponic tomatoes? You'll love cheap bland voice-acting.
- Dr4kn 3y agoYou might not be good at reading, blind, do not have the time to read and the money to buy audiobooks. It's far from perfect, but it's better than what these people had before. Making these works available to most people is the goal of Project Gutenberg and this is another step in that direction. They do not have the money to hire voice actors to record audiobooks even for their most popular titles
- littlestymaar 3y agoYou're missing the forest for the tree here: my point isn't about this particular case or project Gutenberg, it's just that this example shows us the future, this is a future that looks very much like everything automation touched before, where we end-up with mass-produced cheap crap instead of simply better things at the same price or more affordable stuff with the same quality. In a competitive market, bad product drives out good.