[BeetleB]

I'd have to analyze my usage. For me, having used it for over a year cost me a penny. If I can ensure my total cost is less than $1/month, I'll consider it if the quality is really good. The Google one is "good enough", but not great.

One other feature I'd really like: Having the AI figure out who is saying what and use different voices (e.g. one voice for overall narrator, and separate voices for each person who is quoted in the article).

Not sure if any of the solutions out there do that automatically without my guidance.

(Still probably wouldn't pay more than $2/mo for it - I just don't use it often enough to justify paying much).

[wombatpm]

You start doing that for text from ebooks and Audible is going to want to have words with you.

[BeetleB]

I do it only for long articles. Not interested in converting fiction into audio books unless the quality rivals that of real storytellers.

And, you know, this is not a service I'd provide others. Just for my own use running from my PC. Audible won't know or care, just as no one cares if you borrow a book from the library and photocopy it for your own use.

[wombatpm]

Kindle originally had text to speech functionality. The Audibook people sued and Amazon went in to buy Audible

[kvn8888]

The audio quality is amazing. It's transformer based. I use it occasionally