The controversy over using AI voices for some audiobook productions looms, but many argue that only human narrators have the skills and life experience to bring the most out of the text. Real humans and their voices are still encouraged to pursue voice acting and will continue to be celebrated for excellence. And those who require audiobooks for reading request that the question, "is listening to an audiobook really reading?" be laid to rest.
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Anime finds a new medium in audiobooks, free online audiobooks that promote COVID-19 safety are provided to listeners in Vietnam, the growing audiobook market in India, Australia's children love to listen and a Mom entertains her neighbors...
We’ve had another year of connecting with librarians, booksellers, teachers, and listeners in the online environment rather than in person at conferences. What have we learned since we did Virtual Conferences 101 last summer? Quite a bit, actually!
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Linguistically diverse casting, neuroscience weighs in on reading vs listening, audiobooks deliver demanding prose...