Your next audiobook can be read AI

On Thursday, Spotify announced that it would begin to include audiobooks told by artificial intelligence Elevenlabs.

It is expected that this movement will significantly increase the number of audiobooks available on the platform.

“For authors looking for a profitable way to create high -quality audiobooks, the ElevenLabs digital narrative is a great option,” wrote Spotify in his ad, indicating that the story of AI was one of the most requested functions. “The authors can use the ElevenLabs platform to tell their audio books in 29 languages ​​with full control over voice and intonation.”

To send the told book, the authors digitally, the authors will first upload their work in Elevenlabs, where AI will generate AI Voice behind the scenesOf course, the service is worth the field, it moves from $ 22 a month for the creator’s level to $ 1320 for business.

According to Speeringife, a rival startup of vocal artificial intelligence, the average duration of the audiobook lasts about ten hours.

After the AI ​​fulfills its generative task, the authors can simply upload the resulting package of files before loading it for Spotify Spotify Audiobook Distribution Service, Findaway Voices. Then the sending will be considered (presumably by people, not other AI) to check its accuracy before publication. Spotify will clearly indicate your suggestions told as such that readers can easily identify them.

It is still unknown if the consecrated authors, many of whom are already legally careful when it comes to the fact that the systems use their work as educational materials, will accept a new service. For example, the author John Skalzo, the winner of the Hugo and Lokusa Prize, includes a item in his contracts, which guarantees that only human storytellers work in his books.