Free Audiobook!

It’s expensive to create an audiobook. I won’t drag you though the economics, but it’s much different than publishing a print or ebook on Amazon. Unless you sell thousands of copies, it’s hard to merely break even in audio. For that reason, many modestly successful authors forego the audio version. My last three books I haven’t bothered with audio, even though Losing Lola won an audiobook of the year award.
 
So when Audible offered me an opportunity to participate in their Beta Test for AI narration I decided to try it with The 10 Greatest Golfers of All Time.

I chose from one of eight Artificial Intelligence narrators, and was able to make some adjustments, like phonetically correcting mispronounced words.
 
If you are an Audible user, you can listen free.
Go to Audible
In the search box type: 10 Greatest Golfers. This will take you to the book.
You can download for free. No strings attached.
 
Give it a try. Remember, it’s still a Beta test. There are times you can tell, but most of the time it sounds like a real person. It asks questions, it tells jokes.
 
Naysayers about Artificial Intelligence like to point out that AI makes mistakes. Yup, it does. It has flaws. Two points:

1. AI is a lot better than it was six months ago. They’re fixing the flaws.
2. Those who don’t adapt, who don’t use the creative power of AI, are going to get run over. They are dinosaurs, and the asteroid is headed for the Earth.

 
BTW, the picture of the guy narrating the book at the top of the page? AI generated, not a real person.
 
More about AI next week.