It can be done but you have to manually set inflection on almost every line. Even then, it’s a pale comparison to a voice actor who knows the story and puts emotion into it. It’s a double edged blade, on one hand more books get audio versions, on the other they are soulless readings that fail to capture the tone of the text.
I have mild aphantasia and human inflection/emotion helps me enjoy books. While AI might bring more audiobooks to market, those are lost on me. I might as well be listening to someone read a phone book.
I find them a horrible listening experience. Complete lack of nuance in the AI voice samples to which I’ve listened.
It can be done but you have to manually set inflection on almost every line. Even then, it’s a pale comparison to a voice actor who knows the story and puts emotion into it. It’s a double edged blade, on one hand more books get audio versions, on the other they are soulless readings that fail to capture the tone of the text.
I have mild aphantasia and human inflection/emotion helps me enjoy books. While AI might bring more audiobooks to market, those are lost on me. I might as well be listening to someone read a phone book.