[eole666]

For now, actual voice actors make audiobooks listening way more enjoyable. Those AI voices are convincing but lack the soul, emotions and art direction of actual voice acting. Think about listening to a book for 8 hours with a monotonous AI voice reading it...

[mcpackieh]

I mostly listen to real audiobooks now so I understand their appeal, but I have also listened to dozens of books using the primitive TTS built into my old Kindle (keyboard model). TTS was rough at first but I knew it could work, because I know blind people use it, so I stuck with it and I found that after a few hours I no longer perceived the awkwardness and it became an effective and satisfying way for me to 'read' books. Brain plasticity is a marvel.