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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks

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Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
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    With machine voice with no attempts at imitate human’s intonation - yes.

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      Hey for the deaf and people who need the info on the page, robot voice is better than nothing.

      Just pretend the book is being narrated by Stephen Hawking!

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        Audiobooks for the deaf? Excuse me?

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          I meant eye deaf

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          Sign language books. Now there’s a hole in the market 😆

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        Accessibility and performance art are separate categories

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          Ok?

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