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by brianaker 1121 days ago
With AI?

Every character in the book can be voiced in a unique manner, with the narrator matching only the character as needed.

Additionally? Those voices can be tuned for the listener; an AI that has been trained for your preferences well beyond the simple matching that AirPods do today with an audiograph.

If you listen to Audiobooks, try listening to one that has been performed by a cast.

3 comments

It's not for everyone. Personally I detest "graphic audio" audiobooks, generally because they leave out all the descriptive prose from the book, both denying me the author's writing style and forcing me to trust the way they interpreted his descriptions are the same way I would have. I want to read a book with my ears, not watch a stage play without my eyes.
You are right. Graphic Audio (graphicaudio.net) made me re-listen to Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive (all 4 books). With a cast, it becomes so much entertaining.
I dislike when it’s a full cast, I actually prefer a single person to voice it. Having different voices makes it feel like I’m listening to a movie rather than reading a book.