@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoAudible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobookswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down119cross-posted to: books@lemmy.worldbooks@lemmy.mlaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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minus-square@ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoAI aside, different voices may be immersion breaking. I tend to avoid audiobooks with more than a single narrator.
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoThey are redoing all of the discworld books like this, and personally I can’t stand it.
minus-square@taladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoTwo narrators with one reading the male and one reading the female characters is usually okay but the full cast dramas are the worst.
AI aside, different voices may be immersion breaking. I tend to avoid audiobooks with more than a single narrator.
They are redoing all of the discworld books like this, and personally I can’t stand it.
Two narrators with one reading the male and one reading the female characters is usually okay but the full cast dramas are the worst.