: As people brace for the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and everyday living, those in the world of audio books say their field is already being transformed.
There is no label identifying AI-assisted recordings as such, but professionals say thousands of audio books currently in circulation use “voices” generated from a databank. “Every voice that we are using, we sign a license agreement, and we pay for the recordings,“ said DeepZen CEO Kamis Taylan.Not everyone respects that standard, said Eby.
“However, as text-to-speech technology improves, we see a future in which human performances and text-to-speech generated content can coexist.”