Seattle, September 10: Amazon's audiobook services, Audible, announced that it would recruit the voice actors to generate new recordings. Audible is one of the popular services of the e-commerce giant which offers access to the wide range of audiobooks to its users and subscribers. To enhance the services, Audible will make use of AI and professional narrators for the platform.
TechCrunch reported that Amazon's Audible said it would hire a select narrators who would help in training artificial intelligence on their devices starting this week. Once trained, the AI would generate the recordings for the audiobooks. The report said that the narrators would have chance to approve their synthetic voice for particular works and also edit the pacing and pronunciation. Apple Introduces Sleep Apnoea to Apple Watch and Hearing Aid on AirPods Pro 2 at iPhone 16 Launch Event; Check Details.
Audible reportedly said that the narrators or voice actors who participated in the audio recording program would be compensated for any audiobook generated using their AI voices. 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 the developers into becoming more natural towards the humans. Recently, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Voice Mode offering the users to listen to the text, generated using their prompts. Earlier, they had to read the text. however, it might not be possible for some who found it little tedious. WhatsApp New Feature Update: Meta-Owned Messaging Platform To Introduce Call Link Feature; Check Details.
Audible is the platform where the 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, WhatsApp, Instagram, Google, Bing and others are prime examples of the services that used artificial intelligence to enhance their services.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Sep 10, 2024 01:57 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).