Audible has been working on AI-narrated audiobooks for some time.
That initiative has alreadyresulted inover 40,000 AI-narrated audiobooks as of May.
This human element could make AI narrations sound more natural.
Payments will follow a royalty-sharing model based on each book’s sales.
Narrators will maintain full control throughout the production process.
The goal is to increase the relatively small percentage of ebooks that currently have audiobook versions.
As of last year, Audible reports that 96 percent of self-published Kindle titles still lack an audio companion.
With AI narration tools becoming more accessible, this percentage could soon decrease rapidly.
