‘AI doesn’t know what an orgasm sounds like’: audiobook actors grapple with the rise of robot narrators
by Elsie Lange from Technology | The Guardian on (#6YCJ6)
As demand for audio content grows, companies are looking for faster - and cheaper - ways to make it
When we think about what makes an audiobook memorable, it's always the most human moments: a catch in the throat when tears are near, or words spoken through a real smile.
A Melbourne actor and audiobook narrator, Annabelle Tudor, says it's the instinct we have as storytellers that makes narration such a primal, and precious, skill. The voice betrays how we're feeling really easily," she says.
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