Audible

Audible is expanding its AI-narrated audiobook library 

Apps /

Audible, Amazon’s audiobook service, announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with select publishers to convert print and e-books into AI-narrated audiobooks. This initiative aims to quickly expand its catalog as it competes with Apple, Spotify, and others in the rapidly growing audiobook market. Audible is leveraging Amazon’s AI capabilities to assist publishers in producing audiobooks. […]

Audible is expanding its AI-narrated audiobook library  Read More »

ElevenLabs now lets authors create and publish audiobooks on its own platform

Apps /

Voice AI company ElevenLabs is now letting authors publish AI-generated audiobooks on its own Reader app, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. The announcement comes days after the company partnered with Spotify for AI-narrated audiobooks. ElevenLabs, which raised a $180 million mega-round last month, started inviting authors to try out their publishing program through

ElevenLabs now lets authors create and publish audiobooks on its own platform Read More »

Amazon’s top music plan will now include one audiobook per month

Apps /

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will let Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers access one audiobook per month from Audible’s catalog for free. This move aims to counter Spotify’s growth in the audiobook space and also nudge some Amazon Music subscribers to purchase Audible books or plans. The company noted that subscribers of the top plan

Amazon’s top music plan will now include one audiobook per month Read More »

Audible experiments with new AI features for tailored audiobook recommendations

Apps /

Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook service, continues to experiment with AI to improve audiobook discovery and offer customized recommendations. Recent tests involve AI-powered tags, which analyze customer feedback to offer tailored suggestions according to individual preferences, and topic pages that recommend tags to help you find closely related subjects. The experiments are only available to 50%

Audible experiments with new AI features for tailored audiobook recommendations Read More »

Audible recruits voice actors to train audiobook-generating AI

AI /

Audible, Amazon’s audiobook business, on Monday announced that it’ll use AI trained on professional narrators’ voices to generate new audiobook recordings. A select, U.S.-based cohort of audiobook narrators will be invited to train AI on their voices starting this week, Audible said. The trained AI will be used to make recordings, and narrators will have

Audible recruits voice actors to train audiobook-generating AI Read More »

Audible is testing an AI-powered search feature 

Apps /

Audible, the audiobook company owned by Amazon, announced on Wednesday that it is testing an AI-powered search feature to assist users in narrowing down their audiobook search. Starting today, select U.S. customers can interact with “Maven,” Audible’s new personal recommendation expert that surfaces title suggestions based on users’ specific requests. A user can use natural

Audible is testing an AI-powered search feature  Read More »

TechCrunch Minute: Audible deploys AI-narrated audiobooks. Can it replace the human touch?

Media & Entertainment /

AI is coming for audiobooks, and that is not an entirely bad thing. But it is a cause of concern in the realm of audio titles and the folks who make them today. Audible is making it easy for authors to generate AI-narrated audiobooks, and as in many cases of AI showing up in an

TechCrunch Minute: Audible deploys AI-narrated audiobooks. Can it replace the human touch? Read More »

Audible to test using Prime Video data for audiobook recommendations as Spotify competition heats up

Media & Entertainment /

Amazon has historically operated audiobook marketplace Audible as a separate entity, unconnected to the retailer’s broader goals and ambitions. Today, that’s changing a bit with the launch of a test that will allow Audible users to receive recommendations about what to listen to next based on their Prime Video viewing behavior. The company says this

Audible to test using Prime Video data for audiobook recommendations as Spotify competition heats up Read More »