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Convert E-books into audiobooks with Kokoro 82M. (claudio.uk)
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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I’m curious enough to try this.

Audiobooks are made or broken by the quality of the narration. It’s not enough to simply narrate written word, the narrator has to “act” as well. Given the quality of other arts engaged by AI I’m going into this skeptical.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 13 hours ago

I think the same. I don't think "Ai" would be able to give a correct intonation for each situations

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Love all works narrated by Kramer, also all the newest Discworld recordings (absolute masterpieces)

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I never thought there was anything wrong with the first narrations. I hope those aren’t gone for good.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

I've never listened to the originals, but I love that 41 books (I think, I'm on eleven now) have been read by the same actors (including Bill Neighy) throughout. Gives a great feeling of continuity. Every time Death speaks without the book hinting I think, "Oh something bad is happening to somebody."

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

I won't even try. It's not something I want machine to do, I want someone's opinion to go into how a book is narrated.

I had somewhere Asimov's Foundation audiobooks, in Russian, recorded somewhere around 1991, and I don't think a machine can do that.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 23 hours ago

You should give Ender's Game a listen, the one narrated by Harlan Ellison and Stefan Rudnicki (I borrowed from my local library). The performance is excellent.