▲ 373 ▼ Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 year ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 186 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) Would infinitely prefer no voice changer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Agreed. No AI voice changer please. Hopefully every one of us at one point in our lives has been read a story by someone else. Never once did the fact that all the different characters dialog was coming from one voice did that detract from the story or the immersion. I've listened to audiobooks recorded with extremely deep masculine voices (think James Earl Jones) and when the voice actor was doing the voice of a 5 year old girl, (in only a slightly higher whiny timbre which matched the character traits) it was never immersion breaking. However, AI voice would. If I want different actors for different characters I'll listen to radio dramas. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Agreed. No AI voice changer please. Hopefully every one of us at one point in our lives has been read a story by someone else. Never once did the fact that all the different characters dialog was coming from one voice did that detract from the story or the immersion. I've listened to audiobooks recorded with extremely deep masculine voices (think James Earl Jones) and when the voice actor was doing the voice of a 5 year old girl, (in only a slightly higher whiny timbre which matched the character traits) it was never immersion breaking. However, AI voice would. If I want different actors for different characters I'll listen to radio dramas. permalink fedilink source parent