[falcolas]

Are the economics actually better, or do they look better due to a lack of quality control? Because no TTS - even the most current AI ones - are perfect. They need corrections, which involves a human's time. And it's time that dictates prices, not skill (which largely reduces time).

[nazcan]

The key is just which time is faster. If you are able to just listen to it once, and note a few errors, and slightly adjust, it may still may be much faster to use AI.

[falcolas]

Based off Apple’s advertised times to produce AI audiobooks, the times are comparable. AI is not running quickly nor inexpensively for this task it seems.