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Over 40K Audible books are marked as having been made with an AI “virtual voice”, saving authors hundreds or thousands of dollars per title on narration costs

While authors appreciate the new revenue stream, audiobook listeners are complaining about the influx of new material

Bloomberg Ashley Carman

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  • @rakeshlobster Rakesh Agrawal on x
    🤣 The founder of audible thought AI voices were terrible from quality POV and also deprived narrators money.
  • @authorontheside Hassan O. on x
    I wrote this post a few months ago (about using Amazon's virtual voice) I then cross-published it on my blog Today, I found out that Bloomberg gave me a mention (and they even linked to the blog post!). I wasn't even aware until a friend sent me a DM about it... [image]