Apple has launched a catalog of books narrated by AI. Here's what you need to know about this new feature.c
Apple has launched a catalog of books narrated by AI, as this “may mark the beginning of the end for human narrators,” according to. The publication says Apple was due to release this feature in mid-November, but after layoffs at Meta and Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the company decided to wait a bit longer as these events could “cast a dark cloud over the technology sector.”
When searching on Apple Book for “AI narration,” users can find a small collection described as being “narrated by digital voice based on a human narrator.”, then, gives a background on the project by saying that in recent months Apple had approached independent publishers as potential partners by shouldering production costs. At the same time, writers would receive royalties from sales – Apple gives 70% to artists and keeps 30%.
Besides Apple, Google and Amazon are betting on Artificial Intelligence narratives. In addition, Spotify is expanding its music catalog to offer customers original podcasts and 300,000 audiobooks. As of now, it’s too soon to say how this move by Apple Books will affect the market or voice narrators.notes that this AI future promises to significantly cut the costs, which currently take weeks for humans to narrate a book properly, as well as thousands of dollars for publishers.
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