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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
Books are meant to be read. If your book doesn't work well as an audiobook, then don't release an audiobook version. In the case of Jayne/Jane, it sounds like an important aspect of the plot for that particular book, such that the characters can't be renamed without impacting the symbolic significance of the story, in which case the fact that it doesn't work well as an audiobook is just tough. Some artistic choices are only relevant in a particular medium and don't translate well across formats.
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But it can work as an audiobook. Have the male characters read by a male and have the female character read by a female and have the narration read by the author.