Ministers urged to add audiobooks to England’s new schools curriculum | National curriculum
The government is being urged to include audiobooks in the curriculum of new schools in the UK. After the study, it was shown that fewer children read books for pleasure, and fewer children instead listened to them. A poll by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) finds kids enjoy listening to audio and podcasts compared to […]
AI Company Resurrecting Classic Hollywood Stars to Read Audiobooks
Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing Hollywood stars like Judy Garland, James Dean and Burt Reynolds back to life, with the approval of the late actors’ estates. AI voice cloning software company ElevenLabs says it’s creating AI-generated voices of deceased actors to read audiobooks in its recently released Reader app. report From CNN. For example, Garland’s […]
AI-Generated Audiobooks Flood Audible Platform
The audiobook industry is witnessing major changes as AI-generated voices are increasingly used to narrate digital books, causing both excitement and concern among authors, listeners, and professional narrators. Masu. tech spot report Amazon last year introduced a beta tool that allows self-published authors to generate AI-narrated audiobooks, leading to a surge of more than 40,000 […]
Spotify swings to loss as it adds 200,000 audiobooks to paid service | Spotify
Spotify’s expansion beyond music has seen the streaming service slip back into the red after acquiring the rights to 200,000 audiobooks for premium members, including Prince Harry’s autobiography and comedian David Mitchell. ‘s “Unruly” proved to be the most popular among listeners. The world’s largest music streaming service has been offering 15 hours of free […]