Using artificial intelligence (AI) to create audiobooks with the voices of dead actors is being practiced. Edward Herman is a famous actor who died ten years ago. His voice has been used in several recent audiobooks.
DeepGen is a London-based AI startup. Herman’s family gave Dipgen access to his past recordings. As a result, DeepGen can analyze any sound and tone of Harman.
Besides, it is becoming possible to work with these words and tones using artificial intelligence. Herman’s voice has been used to narrate new books recently.
This technology is already being used in popular marketplaces such as Google Play Books and Apple Books. Although the largest book publishers in the US mostly use AI for marketing and foreign language titles.
Authors who are not famous but little known can benefit from creating an audio version record using AI. Because the production of the audio version is less expensive and has the potential to be economically profitable.
But the use of artificial intelligence in creating audiobooks is raising concerns about the loss of human jobs. As more data is added to the AI system, the quality of the corresponding voice will improve.
However, if artificial intelligence is used in this way, software systems will replace human employees. This can have a significant impact on employment. DeepGen says it has deals with 35 publishers in the US and abroad and is working with 25 authors.
The artificial intelligence engine developed by DeepGen uses machine-learning software to successfully copy how a person speaks and the characteristics of that person’s voice. It can add emotion and focus on hard-to-pronounce words. This software is easier than using a human narrator.