Fiction and romance books are narrated by “Madison” and “Jackson’.” Non-fiction and self-development genre books will be narrated by “Helena” and “Mitchell.” Each genre of book is accompanied by a particular AI voice. Interestingly, Apple is targeting specific genres for this initial rollout. In the Apple Books app, AI audiobooks are tagged with a “Narrated by Apple Books” subtitle.
It is inviting independent writers and larger publishers to opt-in to have their written books converted into audio form using AI voice synthesis models.Īpple announced the scheme towards the end of last year, and - as noted by The Guardian - the first AI-narrated books are now available to download in the Apple Books Store. Apple Books has launched a new initiative to expand the number of audiobooks available on its store.
