AI-voiced audiobooks are already among the 40,000 most popular titles on Audible

Audiobooks narrated by artificial intelligence (AI) are among the 40,000 most popular titles on the Audible platform. Bloomberg. The audiobook narration tool seems to have been a good solution for authors who cannot afford the high costs of human narration.

This feature has been successful in recent months, allowing thousands of audiobooks to be narrated on the platform. Currently, more than 40 thousand works have been narrated. Because human narratives are expensive and take a long time to complete, writers with fewer resources and less time are predicted to benefit the most.

In addition to allowing entire audiobooks to be narrated in just a few minutes, the Amazon tool has also been positively received by most users. According to an Audible spokesperson, content narrated by artificial intelligence generally scores above 4 (up to 5).

As a result, AI-narrated titles may become the norm as new users who have never heard a human-narrated audiobook before join the platform.

Despite the indisputable advantages of AI narration for novice writers, American consumers began to complain about the number of works containing “artificial voice”. Besides being numerous, the platform has not created filters so that users can only find works that people have described.

As Ashley Carman emphasizes, BloombergThere are certain works that can lose their essence if not explained by people. In “I’m Glad My Mother Is Dead,” author Jennette McCurdy tells her memories, emphasizing her family members over their other talents, as she also works as an actress.

Another potential problem with AI narration is that the tool may reduce job opportunities for professional narrators. It will essentially be the same threat faced by professionals in other fields. One solution could be the adoption of AI narration in the voices of professional narrators, for whom royalties will be paid.