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AccordionBruce<a href="https://dice.camp/@Glupinickname" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Glupinickname</a> I liked the audiobooks The reading by Kevin R Free made me almost surprised the show and books were being billed as comedy. I mean, yeah, sarcastic, but he got a lot out of the charactersWhich kind of fits the story. That the inner monologue would be deeper than the outer appearance <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiobooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MurderBot</a>

Zivan - Childless Cat GuyI've finished: The Book Eaters by Sunyi DeanA different and refreshing take on the vampire trope. Exploring a society of information eaters.But this is first and foremost the story of a young mother's rebellion against the patriarchy. A long emotional journey with no easy choices.On one hand it is a very extreme novel, with evil and cruelty that would in many cases seem cartoonish. However Sunyi Dean manages to build a world where the characters motivations are clear and their actions are a understood as logical within their own frame of reference. <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5cdc96b2-7c2c-450a-89ff-b76c44c33a77" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5cdc96b2-7c2c-450a-89ff-b76c44c33a77</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/audiobooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@audiobooks</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patriarchy</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/bookstdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstdon</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a>

Klaudia (aka jinxx)Aufgrund starker Nachfrage einer einzelnen Person ;) biete ich demnächst wieder einen <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/H%C3%B6rbuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hörbuch</a>-Workshop an. Interessierte Autor:innen, die ihre eigenen Hörbücher produzieren möchten und einen Einstieg dazu suchen bitte hier entlang: <a href="https://www.zotzmann-koch.com/event/hoerbuch-workshop-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.zotzmann-koch.com/event/hoerbuch-workshop-2/</a><a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobook</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Selfpublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Selfpublishing</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Indieauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indieauthor</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/AuthorBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuthorBusiness</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/CreativeBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreativeBusiness</a>

Tanya McGee Wheatley 💜🥰Good night! <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3GoodThings</a> 1. I spent some time today outside in the yard just enjoying the sounds of nature I’ve missed out on since my hearing deterioration. I love the AirPods Pro 2 and the hearing aid feature. 2. Hubs had a root canal done today without issue so that is over and is a very good thing. ❤️ 3. We’ve tried and tried to find an interesting suspense thriller to listen to and can’t seem to find one right now so we started listening to Silver Silence by Nalini Singh. Hubs enjoys the world she’s created and I just love her Psy-Changeling stories! 📚 Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/goodNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodNight</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> are cutting back on staff and services after Trump's order to dismantle small agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services. Libraries are also cutting programs that offer <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebooks</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiobooks</a> and other loan programs. These exploded in popularity, with over 660M people globally borrowing them in 2023 — a 19% annual increase. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AttorneysGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AttorneysGeneral</a> in 21 states and American Library Association filed lawsuits against Trump admin for seeking to dismantle agency. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/institute-museum-library-services-funding-cuts-trump-d3a236243b3a5c2b04e85d2004d1a946" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/institute-museum-library-services-funding-cuts-trump-d3a236243b3a5c2b04e85d2004d1a946</a>

Valerio D'AstolfoIf you are looking for a good alternative to Amazon ebooks/audiobooks, you must try Storytel<a href="https://www.storytel.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.storytel.com</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#europe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sweden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiobooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goeuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goeuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buyeuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buyeuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Storytel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storytel</a>

HollieWhen Amazon tells you they're replacing actual human narrators at Audible with AI for the glorious cause of accessibility, remember that those assholes regularly rope authors into Audible Exclusive deals, which not only means you can only hear them on Audible, it also means those audiobooks then become inaccessible to PUBLIC LIBRARIES. It's not about accessibility, it's about the profits. <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audible</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a>

Katherine Pickett, EditorAI is cheap and fast. Humans are not cheap or fast but have the benefit of being humans. Therefore:Should I create an audiobook using a. AI b. HumansIf you answered (b) Humans, then please consider donating to my campaign.<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-debra-lee-wont-break-audiobook-project" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-debra-lee-wont-break-audiobook-project</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiobooks</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/fundraiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fundraiser</a>

Zivan - Childless Cat GuyI've finished: A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys A Half-Built Garden is the most Fediversial novel I've read. The anarchists have won. The corporations and nation states have been sidelined. Most of the world is under the control of egalitarian communities that use an alternative network to achieve consensus and work to rehabilitate the climate change ravaged earth. This is very much a slice of life novel in the vain of Becky Chambers, centered around a communal lgbtqia+ household. But as opposed to most slice of life novels there is a major crisis, and it falls upon this community to save the day. Aliens have made first contact and they insist that the only way for technological species to survive is to leave their biospheres behind and build Dyson Swarms. As their way of life comes under threat from without and within, Will the dandelion network survive? Will the power of decisions through discussion and consensus overcome manipulation and coercion. A special aspect of the aliens is the importance they place on the place of children in society. PS: I didn't expect this novel to be so Jewish, what a delight. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/audiobooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@audiobooks</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/FirstContact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstContact</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anarchism</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a>

Tanya McGee Wheatley 💜🥰Good night! <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3GoodThings</a> 1. Received a delivery of ChocZero cookies. 😋 I love having diabetic-friendly cookies! 2. Only did half my cardiac workout this evening but I’m learning I need to slow down and do some strength-building exercises along with it. I’ll still be getting daily exercise, just a bit different. Different is okay. 3. I finished another Elm Creek Quilters novel today. It was a rather short one with more recipes than actual story. Hubs and I finished a suspense novel tonight. 📚 Sleep well and may your dreams take you to the stars! 🤗🫶❤️🫂 <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/GoodNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodNight</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PhysicalFitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhysicalFitness</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Diabetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diabetic</a>

Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's Library:boosts_ok: boosts help me survive :hug_love: Come listen to another cozy Elder Scrolls reading~ :shiba_excited: This time, we have a series of interviews with the head of the Emperor's guards, recounting experiences from her storied life.Succubard Gently Reads [Words and Philosphy] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXljjO9NH70" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXljjO9NH70</a>This is another book that feels like it has much more story than lore, though for those of you with a keen ear and mind, you will probably be able to spot some key lines that have in them more lore than it may first appear. It's odd to think that, out of the relatively few stories in which a Bosmer features as a main character, I've done two back to back :cat_giggle: Speaking of Bosmer, I envisaged Lady Allena Benoch as a mature, experienced woman and tried to express that in her voice. Hopefully, you like how she came out :hug_love: ------------A big thank you to my ko-fi and patreon members for helping me make sure my cats and I can continue to have food and other essentials. If you'd like to help as well as get access to audio-only versions, please consider becoming a member~ [Ko-fi] <a href="https://ko-fi.com/octaviaconamore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/octaviaconamore</a> [Patreon] <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/octaviaconamore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/c/octaviaconamore</a>I also do live readings a few times a week over on Twitch (alongside Youtube) if that's more your thing :shiba_excited: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/octaviaconamore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/octaviaconamore</a><a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Vtuber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vtuber</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/ENVtuber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ENVtuber</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Bard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bard</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Games</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaming</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trans</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/TransFem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransFem</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/VoiceOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoiceOver</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/ElderScrolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElderScrolls</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Skyrim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Skyrim</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Oblivion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oblivion</a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/OblivionRemastered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OblivionRemastered</a> :cat_interact:

Tanya McGee Wheatley 💜🥰Good night! <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3GoodThings</a> 1. Everyone back home is safe. 2. We are safe with the last of the storms rolling in soon. Will be out of our area by midnight. 3. Got laundry done, finished 2 audio books and listened to 2 podcasts. Sleep well with sweet dreams. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/GoodNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodNight</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a>

Cmdr JennyThis was the first time I've heard of this app. OpenAudible allows someone to connect to their Audible account, download all their audiobooks and convert them to MP3 or M4B -- making it super easy to move your existing audiobook library and get the fuck off Audible.<a href="https://openaudible.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://openaudible.org/</a><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiobooks</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audible</a>

Tanya McGee Wheatley 💜🥰Good night! <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3GoodThings</a> 1. I managed to get laundry done, close my fitness rings, do a partial workout and use the resistance bands for some strength training. 💪 2. I spent the day listening to the new Jennifer Ashley book and enjoying every word. Does it count as an audio book if I’m using the Kindle Assistive Reader to read it? 🤷‍♀️ 3. We changed the sheets on the bed to microfiber for the first time this year. Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/GoodNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodNight</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/PhysicalFitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhysicalFitness</a>

Robert KingettMust-listen audiobooks written by Black, neurodivergent creators <a href="https://www.audible.com/blog/article-listens-black-neurodiverse-creators" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.audible.com/blog/article-listens-black-neurodiverse-creators</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audible</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobook</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a>

Birds Books and BullshitFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAn excellent book with a mediocre ending. I think if Ray had just left out the parts well after the river, it would have been a top-notch book. As-is the ending makes the whole thing fall kind of flat. That being said, the book is so good before that part, that I suggest you read it anyway. Loads of great reflections on humanity in there.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookReview</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dystopia</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Classics</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Power</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Control</a>

Yorgos SaslisBye bye <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audible</a> , hello <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/LibroFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibroFM</a> o/Wish I had done this sooner!I also didn’t know so of <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> ’s <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiobooks</a> were on there. Even some I couldn’t find on <a href="https://craphound.com/all-audiobooks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://craphound.com/all-audiobooks/</a> !

Robert KingettAs someone that hates the whole of tech industry in general, take this for what it's worth! <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> is text to speech, just with unnaturally huge processing power behind generating these voices and generating how they will say things, etc. Virtual Voice is something Audible chose to call their particular brand of voice, probably because it would possibly be better received then calling it AI narrator or something like that. It's an absolute insult to audiobook listeners like myself. For one thing, AI narrated/virtual voice books aren't free, so there's absolutely no way I'm paying for one of these things, at all. For another, my screen reader, which is on device, is easier to listen to. It's faster. I can highlight text in an EBook. I can speed up the reading with less distortion. I can switch voices on the fly if I wanted. I can even change punctuation level anouncements if I want. With my screen reader, I am in control. With whatever Audible is doing, I have very little control at all, but that's not even the reason why I listen to audiobooks in the first place. When I listen to a book, I want to be taken on a journey and I want that human narrator to give me an experience as they read. I know, strange concept right!It's not just about the text, although, that's a big part of it too! But I wanna sit down with a loved narrator and I want them to tell me a story for hours and hours and hours. I want them to show me how they feel about a scene by the slight intonation in their voice.These higher powered AI voices *try* to be emotional, but it just comes across as really really really obvious this is TTS/AI after a while.For a breakdown, you can read about the prices and stuff here.<a href="https://daisy.org/news-events/articles/ai-text-to-speech-cost-comparison/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://daisy.org/news-events/articles/ai-text-to-speech-cost-comparison/</a>I have my favorite audiobook narrators. I even spoken to a few of them recently over Zoom and they were so overjoyed that they basically grew up with me. They were in my ears from an early age. Without them, I wouldn't care about stories and literature as deeply as I do. I told them, sincerely, thank you for bringing worlds and characters to life for me. They were so touched.With an AI narrator, I'll never have that connection, ever. I'll just be experiencing the words and if I wanted to do that, I'd just read the eBook.It's super frustrating because this isn't making audiobooks cheaper. It isn't making narrators get paid more. It's just a way to push out content just because authors are afraid of creative solutions such as creative commons to get their audiobooks made. Audible knows this, and are capitalizing on the fact that narrators are these expensive sacks of flesh. It's so disgusting, but corporations gonna corporation. <a href="https://cupoftea.social/@zersiax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zersiax</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/@JessMahler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JessMahler</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobook</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobooks</a>

Jeri DanskyI don't use audiobooks — but if I did I sure wouldn't want one with an AI voice.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks</a>I appreciate this from John Scalzi on Bluesky: At no point will any of my audiobooks be narrated by "AI." "AI" can't perform stories, it can only recite words. Both my stories and my listeners deserve better. All my audiobooks will be read and performed by actual people.He continues: (NB: I don't have problems with automated screen readers for folks who need them; assistive devices are a different discussion entirely.)<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3lp64zx77rs2u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3lp64zx77rs2u</a>h/t <a href="https://libretooth.gr/@dougiec3" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dougiec3</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiobooks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a>

TamsinGreat news! Just discovered that the app my library uses has a load of Raymond Chandler audio books narrated by Ray Porter, so that's going to keep me satiated for a while 😁. Audiobook recommendations welcome - I read a lot but only just started listening to books, and seems that the narrator's voice/style makes a big difference to whether I like them. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioBooks</a>

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