Will people still be the most popular storytellers in the future, or will machines take over this field as well?
There is nothing like settling in with a gripping audiobook read by a talent like Juliet Stevenson, George Guidall, or Stephen Fry.
Will people still be the most popular storytellers in the future, or will machines take over this field as well?
According to the Daily Mail, Apple has secretly issued a number of books with AI narration, indicating that it thinks there is a market for the latter.
The fierce battle with businesses like Spotify and Amazon for a market that analysts predict may be worth more than $35 billion (£29 billion) by 2030 is just getting started with this new function.
Although Fry's warm, dulcet tones won't be replaced by Apple's AI voices anytime soon due to their robotic, artificial nature, as technology develops, they may someday sound more human-like.
You may find the Audiobooks with robot voices that use text-to-speech translation by looking for "AI narration" in the Books app on Apple devices.
This lists romance or fiction novels that may be downloaded for free or for a fee that are "narrated by computerised voice based on a human narrator."
There are two distinct AI voice types available, both of which speak solely English and have an American accent.
Jackson is a baritone and Madison is a soprano, although Mitchell and Helena will also be available shortly for non-fiction books.
According to the article from the publication, the tech giant stated that it used the advanced speech synthesis technology it had developed to make high-quality audiobooks from ebook files.
Those who are in favour of AI-narrated audiobooks think that if publishers and authors had previously been unable to afford transitioning from print to audio, it may open up a new market for them.
There may be a huge rise in the selection of audiobooks available to readers as a result of Apple's claim that digital narration technology would make audiobook authorship more accessible.
According to The Guardian, Apple approached independent publishers to see if they would be interested in working together on the project.
Despite keeping its involvement a secret, the corporation allegedly told writers that the company developing the technology would cover the price of turning their works into audiobooks and that they would earn royalties.
Additionally, publishers and writers retain the right to produce new audiobook editions, according to Apple's website.
The corporation takes a different view on automated narration than its competitor Amazon, whose Audible standards state explicitly that submitted audiobooks "must be narrated by a person."
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