>Simon Kennedy, the president of the Australian Association of Voice Actors, says there has always been a battle over how much a narrator deserves to be paid in Australia. For every finished hour of an audiobook, a narrator might spend double or triple that time recording it – and that doesn’t include an initial read to understand the book and its characters.
Ever tried recording your own audiobooks or parts of it? how time consuming is it?
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AI narrators are still truly terrible. I hate that we’re rushing to adopt this.
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If ai audiobooks are going to start coming out, I see no reason to just pirate.
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The New Yorker Magazine started using AI voices to read stories. It’s horrible. Screw you, New Yorker Magazine.
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>Simon Kennedy, the president of the Australian Association of Voice Actors, says there has always been a battle over how much a narrator deserves to be paid in Australia. For every finished hour of an audiobook, a narrator might spend double or triple that time recording it – and that doesn’t include an initial read to understand the book and its characters.
Ever tried recording your own audiobooks or parts of it? how time consuming is it?
AI narrators are still truly terrible. I hate that we’re rushing to adopt this.
If ai audiobooks are going to start coming out, I see no reason to just pirate.
The New Yorker Magazine started using AI voices to read stories. It’s horrible. Screw you, New Yorker Magazine.
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