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Why isn't everyone talking about AI generated audiobooks? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just listened to this AI generated audiobook and if it didn't say it was AI, I'd have thought it was human-made. It has different voices, dramatization, sound effects... The last I'd heard about this tech was a post saying Stephen Fry's voice was stolen and replicated by AI. But since then, nothing, even though it's clearly advanced incredibly fast. You'd expect more buzz for something that went from detectable as AI to indistinguishable from humans so quickly. How is it that no one is talking about AI generated audiobooks and their rapid improvement? This seems like a huge deal to me.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Just curious, but how come you only consume books in audio format? (Please forgive me if this was rude to ask.)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I can't speak for OP but I do this as well. For me it's because I listen to them on the drive to/from dropping my kids off at school and I'll have it playing while I'm working or playing a game.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (10 children)

As someone who would like to do this, how well do you actually pay attention to what is going on? I'd do so much more reading if I didn't have to go back and reread paragraphs several times over because I simply can't pay attention, let alone if I'm doing something else entirely

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It depends. It definitely is easy to get distracted and need to rewind but I found that happens much less often than with sitting down and reading in text form.

Its a solid solution and I recommend you give it a try.

AudiobookBay and youtube have tons of books

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Might legit work for me, as I do sometimes do that with things that aren't plot-focused. Mostly audio youtube videos, podcasts, the like