Can AI audiobooks narrate better than humans? This study says many listeners think so

A surprising new study shows people rate AI narrated audiobooks as more engaging and higher quality than human ones.The ...

In Largest Study of Its Kind, U.S. Fiction Audiobook Consumers Rate Spoken Multi-Cast Higher Than Human Narration

Today, Spoken, the AI Audiobook Company™, released a groundbreaking independent research study conducted by Edison Research at SSRS showing that Spoken's multi-cast narration outperforms conventional ...
Publishers Weekly

Some Listeners Prefer AI Narration for Multi-Voice Audiobooks

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... A survey commissioned by Portland, Ore.–based AI audiobook production company Spoken found that listeners rated the company's multi-voice AI ...
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Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn't she paid like it?

Chances are, you've heard Julia Whelan's voice. She's the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors including Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Spotify Looks to Expand AI-Narrated Audiobooks On Its Platform

The company has partnered with AI software company ElevenLabs to allow more authors to use digital narration in their audiobooks. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Spotify will now accept more ...
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27 Best Audiobooks Narrated by Celebrities, According to Librarians

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've been curious about the uptick in celebrities narrating books, a lot of it comes down to publicity. "The main thing a ...
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Stephen Fry & Jim Dale-Narrated Harry Potter Audiobooks Launch On Spotify

EXCLUSIVE: The Harry Potter series of audiobooks has launched on Spotify. The Stephen Fry-narrated audiobooks rolled out on Spotify Premium in the U.S. and Canada, the UK, the rest of Europe, ...
USA Today

Spotify Wrapped includes top audiobooks, narrator for first time – Exclusive

Booklovers have a new metric to brag about for their 2025 reading: Spotify Wrapped is now including audiobook listening hours and other personalized data. “Everyone loves politely bragging about their ...
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Dungeon Crawler Carl narrator Jeff Hays is so good fans think he’s multiple people

Jeff Hays voices over 200 characters in the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks, from posh British cat Princess Donut to Patrick Warburton-esque Carl.
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Spotify is making it easier to release audiobooks narrated by AI

A new ElevenLabs partnership aims to help authors bring AI-narrated audiobooks to Spotify listeners. A new ElevenLabs partnership aims to help authors bring AI-narrated audiobooks to Spotify listeners ...
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27 Best Audiobooks Narrated by Celebrities, According to Librarians

Parade aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. If you've been curious about the uptick in celebrities narrating books, ...