Comment on Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoWhat, no way, they did not replace Steven Fry.
Comment on Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoWhat, no way, they did not replace Steven Fry.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
They didn’t replace Fry. When the Audiobooks were released in the US, they were read by Jim Dale. Fry was for the rest of the English language releases. During the run, Jim Dale broke the world record for the most character voices performed by a single actor in an audiobook (146).
PCurd@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That award was rescinded and given to Roy Dotrice for A Game of Thrones (2004) where he voiced 224 characters. I believe Jim Dale did hold the record before that though with 134 voices for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.