![]() "Professional narration has always been, and will remain, core to the Audible listening experience," said a spokesperson for that Amazon subsidiary, a giant in the American audio book sector. Future of coexistence? - The five largest US publishing houses did not respond to requests for comment.īut professionals contacted by AFP said several traditional publishers are already using so-called generative AI, which can create texts, images, videos and voices from existing content - without human intervention. Speechki, a Texas-based start-up, uses both its own recordings and voices from existing databanks, said CEO Dima Abramov.īut that is done only after a contract has been signed covering usage rights, he said. They say that it doesn't belong to anybody."Īll the audio book companies contacted by AFP denied using such practices. "They take your voice, my voice, five other people's voices combined that just creates a separate voice. "There's that gray area" being exploited by several platforms, Taylan acknowledged. "All these new companies are popping up who are not as ethical," she said, and some use voices found in databases without paying for them. Not everyone respects that standard, said Eby. "Every voice that we are using, we sign a license agreement, and we pay for the recordings," said DeepZen CEO Kamis Taylan.įor every project, he added, "we pay royalties based on the work that we do." The small London-based company draws from a database it created by recording the voices of several actors who were asked to speak in a variety of emotional registers. We’re simultaneously fielding hundreds of emails per hour, phone calls, and working to fix this at the source.There is no label identifying AI-assisted recordings as such, but professionals say thousands of audio books currently in circulation use "voices" generated from a databank.Īmong the most cutting-edge, DeepZen offers rates that can slash the cost of producing an audio book to one-fourth, or less, that of a traditional project. Thanks everyone for your understanding and patience. If you need any additional details or help getting things back to normal, let us know at we’ll get to you soon. Your data is safe and sound and will automatically appear (provided you get a copy of the same application you already have – CheckBook for CheckBook folk, CheckBook Pro for CheckBook Pro folk).Īudiobook Builder users: click here for the very latest version, 1.5.4 Final Candidate 3. It includes numerous fixes for version 2.5.7 and is ready for everyday use. If you’ve already purchased a license to try to fix things, please let us know and we’ll return your purchase as the dust settles.ĬheckBook and CheckBook Pro users: click here for the very latest version, 2.5.8 Beta 5, which will do a better job of locating your data if you’re updating from a significantly older version. At the end of the order you’ll receive a serial number so you can get back to it. You won’t be asked for billing information. If you need to download our apps from our website, click here first to go through the order process for a single-user license. In the meantime, we’re giving away our apps at our online store. Please send a copy of your Mac App Store receipt to we’ll send a serial number for Audiobook Builder. ![]() In that case, you’ll still need a serial number to help you get back up and running until the new version of Audiobook Builder is approved at the Mac App Store, which shouldn’t be too much longer. We’re working with Apple to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.Īt present, Apple has made changes at the Mac App Store that will allow you to redownload any of our apps and get back up and running unless you are using a version of Audiobook Builder from our website. Our apps are among those affected, and in the worst way. This happened without any advance warning from the mothership. What we know, so far, is the receipts embedded in most, if not all, Mac App Store apps became invalid yesterday. If you’ve had trouble launching our apps since yesterday, you’re not alone. ![]()
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