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Curious about the development of audio books? Dig local content? Like to learn aurally, hear stories and experience epic recorded sound?

Audiobooks NZ sponsor Romy Hooper for an interview podcast about all things spoken and heard in the audiobook world.

06/12/2023

Tossing it with
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I was delighted to be the narrator for Minnie's autobiographical book Blindingly Obvious which tells of her travels and stories as a partially sighted woman and access advocate, and her quest to build a more equitable and accessible world. The book was destined to be the countries ‘most accessible published book’ to date - which I believe it is, given that it's available as a printed text, an audiobook, it's the first full non-fiction book to be translated into NZ sign language, it is currently being released episodically as a podcast series and will be coming to a Braille and e-braille format as well. Next step is te reo Māori, other global languages and beyond! As always, thanks to Audiobooks NZ and our recording partners at

Check out her work at www.minnieb.co.nz and listen to the interview below and in bio:
https://www.audiobooksnz.com/soundsalad/season-3-ep-3-tossing-it-with-minnie-baragwanath-new-audiobook-podcast-series

23/10/2023

Got another episode of the for yas!

We’re chatting about the impending doom that is the use of artificial intelligence and cloned or computer generated voices as replacements for narrators and actors in the audiobook industry.

Join me as I talk through the nitty gritty with Theo Gibson, founder and head of Audiobooks NZ who has a breadth of experience and opinion on the subject of AI and what it means for the audio publishing industry. We share some horror stories and what we can expect as we move ahead with the knowledge that AI is here to stay, we just have to learn to live with it and safely protect ourselves from being exploited as it continues to learn from the infinite melting pot of content and information available on it’s feeding ground; the internet. We’re hopeful the lay person - or indeed any human who enjoys listening to long form content, podcasts, audiobooks and stories can become advocates for continued use of human voices, instead of letting us be taken over by robots. Many thanks to our studio partners

I'm working on a sub-committee with Equity New Zealand to see how we can best regulate against the misuse of AI and our bodily IP. If you've got any concerns or issues to raise, please get in touch and we can air them collectively. ✌🏻✊🏻

Link : https://www.audiobooksnz.com/soundsalad/season-3-ep-2-tossing-it-with-theo-gibson-ai-audiobook-production?fbclid=IwAR39gVT4NVFbDlXvLidnQT6AD-9SnOXn5RLLlhkif4HUW-WRr8KukqqwbEo

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