Almost always 1x. But I don’t come ex from a fast talker place. I feel like that plays a role in how fast people prefer narration.
August 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Almost always 1x. But I don’t come ex from a fast talker place. I feel like that plays a role in how fast people prefer narration.
Though if it’s no audio recording or a somewhat passable generated one I’ll choose the latter.
August 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Though if it’s no audio recording or a somewhat passable generated one I’ll choose the latter.
Licensing agreements with publishers or the service.
May 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Licensing agreements with publishers or the service.
Nope. 1.0. Not really a fan of fast talking.
May 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Nope. 1.0. Not really a fan of fast talking.
Be brave. Own your trash reading,
May 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Be brave. Own your trash reading,
I’m mostly just surprised we haven’t seen modern text to speech at the OS level.
May 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I’m mostly just surprised we haven’t seen modern text to speech at the OS level.
I’m mostly just surprised we haven’t seen os vendors incorporate modern text to speech into their operating systems to read any text. Kinda like the elevenlabs reader, but at the zoos level.
May 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I’m mostly just surprised we haven’t seen os vendors incorporate modern text to speech into their operating systems to read any text. Kinda like the elevenlabs reader, but at the zoos level.
Though it makes me wonder how many ebooks are bought and read on (mostly) exclusive readers like the kindle or kobo versus apps on phones/tablets. That’s always seemed a impass for alt eBook stores.
January 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Though it makes me wonder how many ebooks are bought and read on (mostly) exclusive readers like the kindle or kobo versus apps on phones/tablets. That’s always seemed a impass for alt eBook stores.
But I can see a case for it given the vast amount of text out there that doesn't have audio versions and probably never will. It just seems tricky to balance to encourage human narrated content to flourish whilst also allowing that stuff that isn't viable to have a audio option.
January 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
But I can see a case for it given the vast amount of text out there that doesn't have audio versions and probably never will. It just seems tricky to balance to encourage human narrated content to flourish whilst also allowing that stuff that isn't viable to have a audio option.
Yeah. I find some voices from ElevenLabs decent enough.Though my preference is way more for human readers (hell there's even some professional book narrators I'll pass on so of course machine reading generally isn't listenable for me).
January 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Yeah. I find some voices from ElevenLabs decent enough.Though my preference is way more for human readers (hell there's even some professional book narrators I'll pass on so of course machine reading generally isn't listenable for me).
Audible. Library. That’s mostly it.
January 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Audible. Library. That’s mostly it.
Andy Serkis’s narration of various Tolkien books are pretty awesome.
January 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Andy Serkis’s narration of various Tolkien books are pretty awesome.
Certainly you need to pay more attention to changing characters as AI narration doesn’t do that. And dialog tends to lack emotion. At least in my experience. Though some are better than others.
January 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Certainly you need to pay more attention to changing characters as AI narration doesn’t do that. And dialog tends to lack emotion. At least in my experience. Though some are better than others.
Honestly I've been off a few years now and I've not felt any great need to sail the high seas for any new Netflix thing. Aside from the quickly cancelled Kaos and it got cancelled way before I even thought about it.
January 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Honestly I've been off a few years now and I've not felt any great need to sail the high seas for any new Netflix thing. Aside from the quickly cancelled Kaos and it got cancelled way before I even thought about it.
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and stories where the fantasy is secondary to the romance (like in pure romance stories with fantasy trappings) its Fantasy Romance. And swap out scifi for fantasy if it's scifi.
January 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
and stories where the fantasy is secondary to the romance (like in pure romance stories with fantasy trappings) its Fantasy Romance. And swap out scifi for fantasy if it's scifi.
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I always thought it was obvious is that the secondary aspect is second. So a story where the romance is secondary to the fantasy (most likely fantasy adventure or action) , its Romantic Fantasy,
January 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I always thought it was obvious is that the secondary aspect is second. So a story where the romance is secondary to the fantasy (most likely fantasy adventure or action) , its Romantic Fantasy,
My library uses multiple audiobook services. Admittedly I’m not sure how much crossover with books. Each service has its own pretty separate pool due to exclusive deals between publishers and service providers.
December 24, 2024 at 8:59 AM
My library uses multiple audiobook services. Admittedly I’m not sure how much crossover with books. Each service has its own pretty separate pool due to exclusive deals between publishers and service providers.
I wouldn’t call it a genre, but I guess it’s always been pushed into various genres rather than out in the YA category. Or like me bits just jumped straight from kids to adult fiction. It does remind me how I feel like New Adult has been pushed somewhat into YA.
December 20, 2024 at 3:03 PM
I wouldn’t call it a genre, but I guess it’s always been pushed into various genres rather than out in the YA category. Or like me bits just jumped straight from kids to adult fiction. It does remind me how I feel like New Adult has been pushed somewhat into YA.