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Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

With machine voice with no attempts at imitate human's intonation - yes.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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!

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Accessibility and performance art are separate categories

[–] jungle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Audiobooks for the deaf? Excuse me?

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 0 points 2 weeks ago

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