Amazonās Audible Hires Professional Narrators To Train Platform Using AI to Generate New Audiobook Recordings
Amazonās Audible announced to hire voice actors to train AI for audiobook recordings, blending human narration with AI technology. The program would compensated narrators with royalties for AI-generated audiobooks. Audible aimed to enhance user experience with innovative, AI-powered content.
Seattle, September 10: Amazon'sĀ audiobook services, Audible, announced that it would recruit the voice actors toĀ generate newĀ recordings.Ā Audible is one of the popular services of the e-commerce giant which offersĀ access to the wide range of audiobooks to its users and subscribers. To enhance the services, Audible will make use ofĀ AI and professional narrators for the platform.
TechCrunch reported that Amazon's Audible said it would hire a select narrators who would help in trainingĀ artificial intelligence on their devices starting this week. Once trained, the AI would generate theĀ recordings for the audiobooks. TheĀ report said that the narrators would have chance to approve their synthetic voice for particular worksĀ and also edit the pacing and pronunciation.Ā Apple Introduces Sleep Apnoea to Apple Watch and Hearing Aid on AirPods Pro 2 at iPhone 16 Launch Event; Check Details.
AudibleĀ reportedly said that the narrators or voice actors whoĀ participated in the audio recording program would be compensated for any audiobook generated using their AI voices.Ā This program would allow them to get benefit on royalty-basis and title-by-title.
The artificial intelligence, since its introduced has been transformed by theĀ developers into becoming more natural towards the humans. Recently,Ā OpenAI launched ChatGPTĀ Voice Mode offering the users toĀ listen to the text,Ā generated using their prompts. Earlier, they had to read the text. however, it might not be possible for some who found it little tedious.Ā WhatsApp New Feature Update: Meta-Owned Messaging Platform To Introduce Call Link Feature; Check Details.
Audible is the platform whereĀ theĀ subscribers can find a wide range of audiobooks by famous authors. The integration of AI into software and online services has been growing as the companies try to stay up-to-date in the market with the advent of new technology. Spotify,Ā WhatsApp, Instagram, Google, Bing and others are prime examples of the services that used artificial intelligence to enhance their services.
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