Audible is giving publishers AI tools to quickly make more audiobooks
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Summary
Audible plans to expand its audiobook catalogue by offering select publishers access to its new AI narration and translation tool.
The tool will allow publishers to convert titles to audiobooks using a choice of 100 AI-generated voices in English, Spanish, Italian and French.
Publishers will have the option of two approaches to translation, text-to-text, and speech-to-speech, the former being suitable for turning a translated manuscript into an audiobook.
The latter preserves the original narrator’s voice and style across languages.
Audible plans to make the technology available to publishers in the coming months, offering an end-to-end service managed by Audible or a self-service option.
The new tool also aims to increase global access to audiobooks.