RT @CoffeeVectors@twitter.com

Really impressed by the acting you can generate with @elevenlabsio@twitter.com #texttospeech! These are #AIvoices generated from text—dozens of "takes" stitched together. Breakdown thread: 1/8 #syntheticvoices #ainarration #autonarrated #aicinema #aiartcommunity #aiia #ai #MachineLearning

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CoffeeVectors/status/1620807387073642496

#IndieAuthorNews #LatestNews #AInarration #Apple #FilippoBernardini #OverDrive #SusanMeachen
Self-publishing News: Overdrive Figures for 2022 Demonstrate Digital Popularity

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Also, what I said on twitter:
Bullshit.

AI cannot act or emote, because it doesn't understand emotion.; you are saying "text-to-speech, but with ~nice voices~, is the same as an actor embodying the characters" and that is incredibly demeaning of everyone involved, from authors to voice actors, to readers.

#AINarration

The Bookseller on twitter:
"Despite the caution of publishers, the arguments for using AI to produce audiobooks are indisputable and will only become stronger. Mark Piesing wants publishers to embrace the potential of AI narration for audiobooks"

Translation: butthurt author doesn't realize his livelihood is next in line.

#AINarration

https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/comment/ai-narration-is-inevitable

I think I've rewritten about 5% of this book while running it through Google AI narration. Not because it didn't work in the tool, mostly because it sounded bad. I've gotten better at writing in the past 3 years, and while I was listening to it, it made me cringe. Sorry everyone that read the old version. Really, I got better. I promise. #WritersLift #WritingCommunity #AINarration