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Originally Posted by darryl
Personally I think Audiobooks have the chance to thrive in the short to medium term only. In the longer term, text to speech will probably kill them. Already, I find listening to a book with an appropriate "voice" on Ivona tts to be quite satisfactory.
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Not in any sort of foreseeable future, at least for most of us.
Audio books are not merely "read," they are performed.
TTS may be perfect for many sorts of work, but for immersion in a narrative, TTS will not replace audiobooks until TTS and CGI also completely replace live actors in all roles, and by then the ruling machines will not be interested in entertaining us slaves.