For a text-to-speech system to be as good as the standard audiobook, it would require the software actually understand the material and give each line the corre

For a text-to-speech system to be as good as the standard audiobook, it would require the software actually understand the material and give each line the correct emotion and cadence it deserves. I find that words spoken at monotone or at a pace inappropriate to the content go right through me. The audiobook is a performance and as a performance, deserves additional rights and royalties.